Iga Swiatek has climbed out of a deep early hole against Marketa Vondrousova at the WTA Finals and pulled away by dominating the second set for a 7-6 (3), 6-0 victory in round-robin action. U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff was scheduled to face three-time major runner-up Ons Jabeur in the other singles match on Monday.
Iga Swiatek of Poland serves against Liudmila Samsanova of Russia during the women’s singles final match in the China Open tennis tournament at the Diamond Court in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. Swiatek, who won the French Open in June for her third Grand Slam title, is ranked No. 2 and has a chance to overtake Aryna Sabalenka at No. 1, depending on their results at the season-ending championships., broke in three of Swiatek’s initial four service games en route to a 5-2 edge at the outset.
At 3-all in the tiebreaker, Swiatek took over for good. She smacked a big forehand winner, collected a service winner and hit her first ace of the evening to get to set point, before Vondrousova double-faulted to end it.
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