Title favorite Iga Swiatek made it through to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros with some difficulty. The Polish number 1 in the world The Chinese teenager Zheng Qinwen (19) needed three sets to get rid of the number 74 in the world: 6-7 (5) 6-0 6-2.
The 20-year-old Swiatek, with no less than five set points in the opening set, lost another set after nine games in a row without dropping the set. But after the tiebreak defeat, he upped his game and allowed the young Asian just two more games in the opening stages of the third set.
Zheng suffered an upper leg injury halfway through the second set and made more mistakes as the game progressed. After the hopeless loss of the second set, he took off the bandage on his leg in frustration.
The Polish player, who has won 32 games in a row, said: “He plays tennis well and I was surprised. “After the very frustrating first set, I am happy to be able to fight and still be in the tournament.”
Swiatek will face the American Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals, who defeated Romanian Irina Begu in three sets on Wednesday, 4-6 6-2 6-3.
Source: RTL
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