The world No1 whitewashed Anastasia Potapova to reach the quarter-finals, while Coco Gauff, Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas also won
World No 1 wins shortest match of career; Coco Gauff advancesAfter an opening week defined by Iga Swiatek’s grit, as she saved match point and recovered from the brink of defeat against a resurgent Naomi Osaka in her second-round match, the Pole’s bakery reopened with ruthless efficiency on Sunday as the best player in the world demolished Anastasia Potapova 6-0, 6-0 to return to the quarter-finals of...
“Comfortable,” said Swiatek, describing what it feels like to be in the zone. “You just go with it because there’s no point of changing anything. You just continue what you’ve been doing and what has been working. But, honestly, I was always focusing on the next point. I didn’t really look at what happened before. So that was probably also why I could be efficient.”
As Swiatek continued her search for a third consecutive French Open title, she was joined in the quarter-finals by the best of the best as all of the top eight seeds in the top half went through. She will next face Marketa Vondrousova, the Wimbledon champion and fifth seed, who defeated Olga Danilovic 6-4, 6-2. Gauff, the third seed, also won comfortably, beating Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1, 6-2, and she will face a resurgent Ons Jabeur, seeded eighth, who defeated Clara Tauson 6-4, 6-4.
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