Iga Swiatek remains steadfast in its attempt to regain the crown of Roland Garros that he won in 2020 and he lost in the quarterfinals last year. The Polish player, number 1 in the world and top favorite for the title, agreed this Saturday on round of 16 of the tournament after defeating the Montenegrin Danka Kovinic, number 95 in the world, by 6-3 and 7-5.
On a cold day in Paris, it didn’t turn out to be as brilliant an encounter for him as the ones he had offered in recent times. Of course, Swiatek has been just as determined with him, albeit not without the slightest shock. He held the game with 6-3, 4-3 and serves, but gave his break to white for the game to continue. A fear of no further importance to his interests: Swiatek broke Kovinic’s service to 5-5 to drive away any specter of the third set and then walked steadily with his serve towards the fourth round of the tournament. .
is there quarter finals in four appearances at Roland Garros, which puts him a win just from repeating his performance since last year. Swiatek won again and has accumulated thirty -one consecutive wins to counter a streak that constantly gathers new rivals and battles. Swiatek is just one win away from the third best consecutive WTA this century, Justine Henin’s 32 wins between 2007 and 2008. Also ahead of the 21st century, Serena Williams ’34 in 2013 and the 35 of Venus Williams in 2000.
Pole has signed one of his less notable matches per game in recent dates and He provided options on his second serve against a sharp Kovinic. He hasn’t finished comfortably dominating with the forehand and backhand (13 wins and 23 unforced errors), but despite this, he showed that equipment that allowed him to solidly add new success: in two sets and then an hour and a half on the court.
It was one step further in his attempt to win his second Grand Slam. Swiatek is already in the second week of Paris after starting the game with his usual dominance, a sealed 3-0 after a hard-fought second game to rest where he needed five break balls to rest. In everything to deal with, however, Pole offered holes to serve in the seventh game, a counter-break that he immediately recovered and blank, dominating the forehand and backhand.
So, he sealed 6-3 which gave way for him to a 4-1 in the second set that seemed the sentence and the step towards another strong marker. However, Kovinic took advantage of the insecurity in serving that took over Swiatek’s game in the second set: two consecutive breaks led to his 4-4. Of course, when the Pole seemed likely to suffer, a break for 6-5 removed doubts in his favor to seal the fight in two sets.
His next appointment is in the round of 16 now against the winner of the duel between the French Alize Cornet and the Chinese qinwen zheng. Pole arrived in the second week of Roland Garros with the same muscle he showed all season.
Source: La Verdad
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