The two Grand Slam champions revealed the one skill they’d steal from each other’s game during a tag-team interview at the Cincinnati Open.

Swiatek loses the first point by clipping the tape on the top of the net with a cross-court forehand, and finds herself 0-30 down as Samsonova backs up a deep return with a thunderous cross-court ...

Bencic misjudges a Swiatek forehand return by letting it go as the ball lands on the baseline, 15-30. Bencic first serve down the T, Swiatek dispatches it for a backhand return winner, match point.

The final point of the match reflected Swiatek’s newfound grass code – she sprang one step ahead to Samsonova’s serve, took the return early and whizzed a forehand past the net.

Anisimova was heard screaming in frustration after her forehand went long – and she then found herself 2-0 down after another Swiatek hold.

The Swiatek family didn’t just support from the sidelines. They made sacrifices. They worked around money troubles. They shaped Iga’s grit long before fans noticed her forehand.

Fraulein Forehand was a ruthless competitor and Swiatek is her heir in that regard: the Pole was utterly merciless in ensuring humiliation was added to defeat. The 24-year-old has a first ...

Swiatek -- the first Polish player to win Wimbledon -- topped Anisimova 3-0 in aces, and 10-8 in winners, and totaled just 11 unforced errors compared to 28 for her foe.