the polish Iga Swiatekundisputed number one on the women’s circuit, started her trip to the Madrid tournament on the right foot, with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over the Austrian julia grabher (92 WTA), canceled from the previous one, in just one hour and 20 minutes.
After missing the 2022 edition due to a shoulder injury, swiatek He showed that he wants to win the only clay tournament missing in his history. Very involved on the track, he showed his usual aggressiveness and chased down any attempt to react by his rival.
After taking the first set with a single break, the Polish player had three consecutive games to start the second and another three to close it out, leaving a serve in the middle.
to the success of swiatek, who will play in the third round against the American Bernarda Pera, Arguably the main favorites raffled off their first commitments in Madrid this Friday, with the exception of the Kazakh Elena Rybakinathe seventh seed, eliminated by the Russian Anna Kalinskaya.
Instead, the American Jessica Pegulathird, and the Russian Daria Kasatkinaeighth, reached the round of 32 by defeating Polish Magdalena French and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Source: La Verdad
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