The Polish Iga Swiateknumber 2 in the world, began his journey through WTA Finals in Cancun with success in opening group B through 7-6(3) and 6-0 in front of the Czech Marketa Vondrousovanew champion at Wimbledon in 2023. Swiatek, champion of Roland Garros, who finally found a formula to win the match.
He did this in a match with two marked faces. Swiatekrecent WTA 1000 champion in Beijing, chained her seventh straight win despite a difficult first set. In it he once again showed his service problemswith nerves and multiple double faults first putting him behind on the scoreboard against an effective Vondrousova. The Czech immediately gave up his serve for 2-2, but managed two good breaks to go 2-5 up.
He did this by taking Swiatek out of his comfort zone. Dominated from serving, Vondrousova He also found the perfect strategy for others. It’s in it capable of varying the depth of the balls, with several drops which forced his rival to leave the baseline where he was more comfortable. Forced on many of these journeys, Swiatek saw his confidence erode in the form of unforced errors when i have options from below before a completely passive Vondrousova, dominating the forehand and backhand to shoot up to 5-2 and serve.
It was up to his neck in water in the first moto when Swiatek woke up. The Polish woman let go of the rest, finding deep balls that he hadn’t thrown comfortably in previous games. With nothing to lose, he also looks for directions, moves on his rival and strikes from inside court positions to dominate the game.
So, he woke up winning every game one after another. The fluidity of his technique gave him strength in serving the from 2-5 to 5-5. Vondrousova managed to break Swiatek’s streak to force a tie-break, but Iga imposed her law from 3-3 and The Czech player, 6-3 down, served the first set with a double fault.
It was a fatal blow for him, completely faded in just half an hour of the second set after more than one in the opening quarter of the match. Swiatek has imposed all his tennis, dominating the forehand and backhand, looking for directions and accusing the problems of a Vondrousova who suffered greatly mentally and he saw how his legs did not respond. Confident in his serve and all his shots, Swiatek I walked into a second sleeve with no history towards 6-0 where he sealed his victory.
Thus, the Warsaw team managed to go from 2-5 to 7-6 and 6-0. is an 11-1 partial in their favor to find good feelings again after a very doubtful start of the game. Swiatek is back to recapture the level of play shown in Beijing a few days ago, although in two days her main litmus test will come in the first stage of the WTA Finals: will face Coco Gauff with the aim of getting their pass to the semi-finals on the track or even sealed.
Source: La Verdad
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