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WTA Rome: Iga Swiatek just keeps winning

After her break in Madrid, Iga Swiatek (WTA No. 1) continued what she had stopped doing at the tournament in Rome: winning.

by Florian Goosmann
last edit: May 11, 2022, 05:53 pm

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Iga Swiatek
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Iga Swiatek

Defending champion Swiatek beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 6-0, extending her winning streak to 24 matches. The Pole had recently won in Stuttgart, but then skipped the 1000 tournament in Madrid due to arm problems.

Swiatek scored 15 winning strokes against Ruse.

She now meets Victoria Azarenka, who beat Camila Osorio 6-2, 6-4.

Also Sakkari, Bencic, Jabeur further

Also successful on Wednesday were Aryna Sabalenka (6:2, 6:0 against Zhang Shuai), Belinda Bencic (7:6 (5), 6:1 against Amanda Anisimova), Maria Sakkari (6:3, 6:2 against Ekaterina). Alexandrova), Bianca Andreescu (6:3, 7:6 (4) against Nuria Parrizas Diaz), Ons Jabeur (7:5, 6:2 against Ajla Tomljanovic) and Cori Gauff (6:2, 6:4 against Madison Brengle). ).

Jil Teichmann is also through: she won 6:2, 4:6, 6:4 against last year's finalist Karolina Pliskova.

To the single draw in Rome

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by Florian Goosmann

Wednesday
May 11, 2022, 05:52 pm
last edit: May 11, 2022, 05:53 pm