As in the first match, against the Spanish Bucsa, Iga Swiatek won 6-4, 6-0, this Thursday in the 2nd round against the American Liu, 102nd in the standings. Here is the defending champion and world number 1, easy during her first two outings, in the 3rd round.
Iga Swiatek continues on his merry way, while spending very little time on the court and leaving only crumbs for his opponents. Until now, the defending champion and world number 1 is applying her plan to the letter. Confusingly, she also won her second match by the same score (6-4, 6-0) exactly as she had won the first.
This Thursday, in the 2nd round against the American Claire Liu, ranked 102nd in the WTA, the Pole, as against the Spanish Bucsa for her entry into the running two days earlier, took a set to put herself in the pace, without however being surprised by the opposing player, who nevertheless came back up to par after having suffered a break from the start, before then turning into a steamroller and no longer leaving any play to the one who in turn had the misfortune to cross the route of the winner of the last edition. A health walk? Not really, according to the interested party, who assured afterwards that she had not dominated the American as easily as the score might suggest.
Swiatek: “No, it’s never easy”
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“No, it’s never easy, insisted Swiatek at the microphone of France Television. I’m happy to have managed to play better as the game went on, I learned from the first games to be able to play better in the second set but it’s not easy. On the contrary: it’s difficult, and I’m happy to have managed to qualify for this third round..
On Saturday, Swiatek will face the Chinese Xinyu Wang, 80th in the standings. And once more, she will enter the court, helmet on her ears. “Today I listened to Lenny Kravitz. I always try to listen to music to motivate me and fuel up for the game.”. A recipe that obviously works wonders.
