Iga Swiatek began her bid to win her third straight Italian Open title in excellent trend on Friday, not dropping a sport in her straight-sets thrashing of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
World primary Swiatek seemed in distinctive kind as she demolished Pavlyuchenkova 6-0, 6-0 in simply over an hour to ease her manner into the third spherical in Rome.
Losing finalist in Madrid final weekend, Swiatek seemed in nice kind within the match she gained final yr earlier than occurring to blitz the French Open.
Swiatek now faces both Bernarda Pera or Lesia Tsurenko within the final 32 after extending her profitable streak within the Italian capital to 12 matches.
The solely actual resistance from Pavlyuchenkova, who reached the ultimate of Roland Garros two years in the past, got here within the remaining sport of the primary set, when she saved six set factors from 0-40 down on her serve.
Swiatek finally got here by that sport and swept Pavlyuchenkova apart within the second set, ending the job in opposition to the serve together with her first match level.
Earlier, Jannick Sinner cruised into the boys’s final 32 with a straight-sets win over Thanasi Kokkinakis, 6-1, 6-4.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com