Iga Świątek superior to the second spherical of the Olympic tennis match in Paris. The chief of the tennis participant rankings defeated Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 2:0 (6:2, 7:5).
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The match was performed on the principle Philippe-Chatrier court docket beneath a closed roof. Within the first set, Świątek broke her opponent within the second recreation after which elevated her benefit.
The second set was very even. The gamers gained video games on their serve, however Świątek was damaged and was already shedding 3:5. Nonetheless, the WTA rating chief acquired out of bother and ultimately triumphed 7:5.
The match lasted one hour and 46 minutes.
Within the subsequent spherical, Świątek will face Argentine Nadia Podoroska or French Diane Parry.
The 23-year-old Świątek was the clear favourite in right this moment’s match. She feels nice on the clay courts in Paris – she gained the French Open 4 instances right here – in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Attributable to rain on Saturday, matches are being performed solely in two arenas with a retractable roof. Aside from Świątek, solely her remaining rival from this 12 months’s French Open – Italian Jasmine Paolini – has superior to the second spherical.
On Thursday, Kazakh tennis participant Jelena Rybakina withdrew from the video games. She was speculated to play Romanian Jaqueline Cristian within the first spherical of the match on Saturday. Rybakina, who’s fourth within the WTA rankings, was speculated to be certainly one of Iga Świątek’s essential rivals.
Rybakina was changed within the match bracket by Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia.
Rybakina is one more world tennis star who is not going to be competing within the Video games. Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, Spanish Paula Badosa and Czech Marketa Vondrousova may also be absent from Paris.
Along with Iga Świątek, two different Polish tennis gamers will probably be competing within the Olympic singles match – within the opening spherical, Magda Linette will face Russian Mirra Andriejewa, and Magdalena Fręch will play Bulgarian Wiktoria Tomova.
