Iga Swiatek agreed Wednesday for the first time in his career to semifinals of the WTA 1000 of Madrid. He had already done so after being defeated by a force 6-0 and 6-3 Croatian Petra Martic in a meeting lasting less than an hour and a quarter.
After the miserable round of 16 match she had to face two days ago against the Russian Alexandrova, where with one set up and 4-1 in the second set she was forced into the third round, Swiatek did not provide options this time. More comfortable with the court conditions, without playing at such a late hour, he dismasted Martic at all times, outscoring both his serve and his rival’s.
The Croatian missed the kick-off in almost any time Swiatek, very comfortable to move his opponent from the bottom of the court both with the forehand and with the backhand. As you wish, Varying direction, runs Martic from one side to the other so that he could find no alternative. That’s how I visualized it a first set defined by 6-0 for number 1 in the world.
Martic needed to grab something in the second set and he did so by winning his first two serves, taking advantage of his greater reliability on serve and the unforced errors of an aggressive Swiatek. So, the Croatian tried to change the game so as not to be overtaken from below, even try some drops and uploads to the network.
however, Swiatek punished his audacity to deliver the final blow in the game with 3-2. Then he achieved the decisive break, which he launched to prove in a new break a clear 6-2 in his favor where he reached the semifinals for the first time in Madrid.
They are waiting for you Veronika Kudermetova, Jessica Pegula’s executioner. In his second appearance in the Spanish capital, Swiatek will be looking for a first final. This event, along with Dubai (which alternates each year with Doha, a tournament she won) is the only WTA 1000 before Roland Garros missing from her record. This 2023 he wants to have a chance to fight it in a tough box to be measured in another semifinal at Maria Sakkari already Aryna Sabalenka.
Source: La Verdad
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