The Polish Iga Swiatek bordered on an early farewell to Roland Garros. He even had a match ball against the Japanese Naomi Osaka. The triple champion and world number one survived the fight made by the former No. 1 with four Grand Slam crowns under his belt.
Conquering the fear, Swiatek, then 23, headed straight for Paris. Yes, three in the morning Novak Djokovic He left the headquarters after a four and a half hour battle with the Italian Lorenzo Musettiat noon of the same Sunday the Polish woman pointed to the opposite pole of this sport.
Swiatek became the first quarterfinalist at Roland Garros 2024 in 40 minutes, cementing her reputation as the queen of ‘roscos’, ‘bagel’ in the English language.
A 6-0 and 6-0 to the Russian Anastasia Potapova, 23 years old and number 41 in the world. Swiatek losing by just ten points out of 58 contested to make the fifth double ‘rosco’ of his career, adding his 68th set to zero (according to the WTA, which governs the circuit), tenth of the season. Absolute specialist in breaking down rivals, maintaining concentration without mercy.
In the shortest match at Roland Garros, such as 6-0 and 6-0 of Steffi Graf in Natasha Zvereva in the 1988 final, in 34 minutes.
In the quarterfinals, Swiatek will face the Wimbledon champion, the Czech Marketa Vondrousovawho beat the Serbian 6-4 and 6-2 Olga Danilovic.
Source: La Verdad
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