Unstoppable. That’s how it was Iga Swiatek (1st in the WTA ranking) in his presentation in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, where he defeated Marketa Vondrousova (6th) 6-0 and 6-2 in just over an hour of play.
The world No. 1 activated her best version in this final stretch of the second Grand Slam of the season. So much so that she accumulated three sets won 6-0 in a row. She closed the match against Anastasia Potapova (41st) in “bicycle” and later won the first race against Vondrousova without giving up a game.
In the following set, he hit from the start and quickly took the lead on the scoreboard. On this occasion, the Czech began to show more resistance, although not enough to upset the score.
In this way, the one born in Warsaw reached his third consecutive semifinal as world No. 1 at Roland Garros. Only Martina Hingis He managed to reach this instance at the top of the ranking more than three times. The Swiss did it five times between 1997 and 2001.
With this victory, Swiatek came to his 19th consecutive victory in Paris and it will be measured against the American Coco Gauff (3rd) for a place in the tournament definition.
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