PARIS :Top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland pulverised Wang Xinyu of China 6-0 6-0 on Saturday with a flawless display to stay firmly on course to successfully defend her French Open title and fire a warning to her rivals.Swiatek, aiming to win her third trophy in Paris in five years, showed no weaknesses as she cr
PARIS :Top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland pulverised Wang Xinyu of China 6-0 6-0 on Saturday with a flawless display to stay firmly on course to successfully defend her French Open title and fire a warning to her rivals.
She has now dropped just eight games in her three matches in Paris, while winning four of the six sets she has played to love. "Every point is important for me and at the highest level every point matters," the 22-year-old world number one added."You always have to be kind of disciplined.She wasted little time to show who was in charge, breaking the Chinese world number 80 three times to seal the first set in 28 minutes.
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