French Open: Swiatek drops set, extends win streak | Nikhilodien
French Open: Swiatek drops set, extends win streak | Nikhilodien
The No. 1-ranked Swiatek shook off an
uncharacteristically problematic stretch and came back to beat 19-year-old
Zheng Qinwen of China 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-2 Monday in the fourth round at Roland
Garros.
Iga Swiatek’s 20-set winning streak ended. Doesn’t
matter, because her run of consecutive match victories is now up to 32.
The No. 1-ranked Swiatek shook off an
uncharacteristically problematic stretch and came back to beat 19-year-old
Zheng Qinwen of China 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-2 Monday in the fourth round at Roland
Garros.
Swiatek, the 2020 French Open
champion, took leads of 3-0 and 5-2 in the first set but couldn’t close it out,
wasting five set points in all. In the tiebreaker, Swiatek claimed five
consecutive points to lead 5-2 — and the 74th-ranked Zheng responded by reeling
off the next five points.
Zheng’s movement was not as good at the start of the
second set and she took a medical timeout to have her upper right leg taped
while down 3-0. Swiatek grabbed eight straight games to own the second set and
take a 2-0 lead in the third and would not let the lead slip away. Swiatek
has not lost a match since February, earning five consecutive titles. No woman
has produced more wins in a row since Serena Williams had a 34-match streak end
in 2013.
Swiatek’s quarterfinal opponent
will be 11th-seeded Jessica Pegula of the United States.
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