Iga Swiatek duly stamped in his passport for quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 in Rome. World number 1 doubled for 6-3 and 6-4 Croatian Donna Vekic to meet in the penultimate round with Elena Rybakina, in a duel between two of the best women on the circuit that this time will take place on clay.
swiatek, without showing off and without as much power as usual from others, dominated the game from his service games, with solvency from the bottom of the court and his usual attacking game, with a solid forehand throughout the match. He faced a break in the fourth game of the first set, but saw how Vekic recovered the break in the seventh. The Pole, without blinking, responded with a new break to walk towards 6-3 start.
Loose from below, hitting the ball quickly, Swiatek saw how Vekic responded with his service games in a second set with no options for either of them. At least until At 4-4, the Polish managed to press more from the rest to dominate and get the decisive break in the match, from then on he signed 6-4.
In this way, Swiatek reached the quarterfinals in Rome for the third time in a row and continues to defend its titles in 2021 and 2022. This is the fourth WTA 1000 tournament of the season and in the previous three it has reached at least the semifinals, although titles at this level continue to be contested until this year. anus. Your next step in trying to break that stat is at least Elena Rybakina.
It’s in a rivalry between two of the top players on the circuit, with the Kazakh showing a remarkable step up on clay this week in Rome. A priori the conditions here are more favorable for Swiatek, but Rybakina has beaten her in both duels between the two this seasonin two sets both in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open (6-4 and 6-4) and in the semifinals of Indian Wells (6-2 and 6-2).
Source: La Verdad
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