With one eye on Wimbledon subsequent month, world primary Iga Swiatek got here from behind to win her first grass-court match of the season at Bad Homburg on Monday.
Playing on the conventional SW19 warm-up event for the primary time, the Pole defeated German world quantity 58 Tatjana Maria in three units 5-7, 6-2, 6-0.
Maria broke Swiatek twice within the first set, benefiting from plenty of unforced errors from Swiatek.
The four-time Grand Slam winner nevertheless gained her composure forward of the second, profitable the following two units whereas dropping simply two video games.
Swiatek was clearly wanting ahead to subsequent week’s All England Club Grand Slam, which begins on July 3.
“She has a different game style,” Swiatek stated of her “tricky” opponent.
“But I’m pretty glad that I figured it out, because I guess problem solving on grass is the most important thing.
“I really just wanted to look forward and think about what I could change.
“I know I have the game for that. I just had to find it a little bit.”
Swiatek thanked the followers together with “a lot of Polish people as usual” for serving to her comeback efforts.
The 22-year-old Swiatek has received three of the previous 5 Grand Slam titles, together with defending her French Open crown earlier in June.
Despite her robust type, she is but to reveal her strengths persistently on grass, with a 7-5 profession report on the floor.
Swiatek’s greatest mark at Wimbledon is 2021’s look within the fourth spherical, having made not less than the semi-finals of each different main.
Swiatek will tackle Jil Teichmann within the final 16.
Earlier on Monday, eighth seed Varvara Gracheva defeated Jaqueline Cristian in straight units whereas fourth seed Mayer Sherif got here from a set all the way down to beat German Anna-Lena Friedsam.
Canadian fifth seed Bianca Andreescu overcame a troublesome three-set battle in opposition to Brit Sonay Kartal, whereas seventh seed Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto was eradicated by the hands of unseeded Czech Katerina Siniakova.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com