Iga Swiatek races through ‘pretty weird’ 40-minute match at Roland Garros
Iga Swiatek has actually billed right into the Roland Garros quarter-finals for a 4th successive year, going down just 10 indicate Anastasia Potapova.
Swiatek defeated her Russian challenger, 6-0 6-0, in the quickest match of her occupation lasting simply 40 mins on Court Philippe-Chatrier
As an outcome of this success, Swiatek has actually expanded her winning touch to 16 suits, complying with on from winning titles in both Madrid and Rome.
This is not the very first time that Swiatek has actually won a match at Roland Garros without going down a solitary game, with the globe No.1 likewise dealing the very same destiny to Wang Xinyu in 2014.
Despite attaining this task previously, Swiatek defined the match as ‘pretty weird’ in her on-court meeting, “I was just really focused and in the zone. I wasn’t looking at the score so I just continued playing my game and working on the stuff I wanted to work on. It (the match) went really quickly, pretty weird.”
40( 2)– Iga Swiatek has actually played the quickest match of her occupation– their 3 quickest have actually gotten on clay court@rolandgarros 2024– 40 minutes v Potapova????
Roland Garros 2019– 45 minutes v Halep
Rome 2021– 46 minutes vKa PliskovaSweeping.#rolandgarros|@WTA @WTA_insider
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) June 2, 2024
Swiatek will certainly aim to proceed her title support on Tuesday, when she handles Wimbledon champ and previous Roland Garros finalist Marketa Vondrousova in the quarter-final.
Inside the standard …
Today was everything about Iga Swiatek going to her actual leading ideal, cleaning apart Anastasia Potapova that has had her ideal Grand Slam go to day and can be a difficult resistance. Since enduring a genuine scare versus Naomi Osaka in the 2nd round, where Swiatek originated from 5-2 down in the 3rd collection and conserved a match factor, she has actually simply looked so comfy and is the huge favourite for the title once more.
Iga Swiatek at Roland Garros
Swiatek is bidding to win a 4th title at Roland Garros this year at just 23-years-old, and we at Tennishead intended to take a comprehensive check out simply exactly how excellent she goes to the Paris significant:
Titles: 3 (2020, 2022 & & 2023)
Win- loss Record: 32-2 (94%)
Swiatek’s just 2 losses at Roland Garros:
- Simona Halep (3) defeat Swiatek, 6-1 6-0 (2019 )
- Maria Sakkari (17) beat Swiatek (8 ), 6-4 6-4 (2021 )
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— Iga Świątek (@iga_swiatek) June 10, 2023
