The Pole and first seed Iga Swiatek (1) defeated Germany’s Jule Niemeier in a complex encounter by a tight 6-4 and 7-5in what was his Australian Open debut.
The current champion of Roland Garros and the US Open will face Colombian Camila Osorio in the next round this Wednesdaywho defeated the Hungarian Panna Udvardy by a resounding 6-4 and 6-1.
“I want to focus on myself, because I know he has a lot of potential to serve. When we played at the United States Open, he used the fast conditions to his advantage”, he said after the end of the clash on the Rod Laver Arena track.
The German, who reached the quarterfinals in the last edition of Wimbledon, was the first to suffer in the form of a break in the second set, which resulted in a 1-3 in their favor, but the Polish Swiatek showed, without brilliant tennis, the reason why he is the clear favorite to be proclaimed champion.
Swiatek, who lost in the semifinals in the previous edition, took the game with the rest at 5-5 to put a difficult first date on the path that will be decided on serve after almost two hours of fighting.
The first ranked in the WTA list has yet to face an Osorio who will debut in the second round of the Australian Open after her first participation she fell to the Japanese Naomi Osaka in 2022.
Source: La Verdad
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