varnish Iga Swiateknumber one in the world, beat the Czechs 7-6(3) and 6-1 this Friday Marketa Vondrousovat number 10 in the rankings, and reached the semi-finals of the Cincinnati WTA 1000 tournament.
Swiatek, this year’s champion Doha, Stuttgart, Roland Garros and Warsawit took an hour and 31 minutes to bring down Vondrousova, the champion Wimbledon.
The Polish athlete added her 53rd victory this year and has been defending the first position in the ranking since April 2022.
Swiatek continues to compete at a high level, reaching at least the quarter-finals in twelve of the thirteen tournaments played this season.
Of course, he needed to overcome an unfavorable 3-5 scoreline in the first set before taking it in a tiebreak (7-3). Before that, she suffered from the game of left-hander Vondrousova, but the Czech went from more to less.
The second set barely lasted 35 minutes, and Swiatek awaits in the semi-finals the winner of the match between Coco Gauff, seventh seed, and Italy’s Jasmine Paolini, number 43, retired from the rankings.
Today was Iga 🔥#CincyTennis | @iga_swiatek pic.twitter.com/KeWdBDq4ja
— Western and Southern Open (@CincyTennis) August 18, 2023
(According to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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