Top seed Iga Swiatek saved her Wimbledon marketing campaign on observe with a 6-2 7-5 defeat of Croatia’s Petra Martic on Friday as she reached the fourth spherical with out dropping a set.
The four-time Grand Slam champion was made to work tougher than the scoreline suggests however was nonetheless comparatively untroubled as she matched her greatest run on the championships.
She will face Swiss 14th seed Belinda Bencic subsequent.
Service breaks have been traded early within the first set earlier than Swiatek reeled off 4 video games in a row.
The thirtieth seed Martic saved in contact with Swiatek early within the second set however once more the world primary managed to seek out some additional gears to maneuver in direction of victory.
Martic had managed to win simply seven video games in two earlier conferences with Swiatek however doubled that whole after she saved a match level at 3-5 earlier than breaking the Swiatek serve to like.
The momentum was shifting as Martic then went 40-0 forward on serve for the prospect of a 6-5 lead however within the blink of a watch Swiatek hit again to interrupt and wrapped up victory within the subsequent recreation as Martic bungled a dropshot into the online.
“I’m happy I could close it out at the end of the second set,” the 22-year-old Swiatek, who has been world primary for 67 successive weeks, mentioned on courtroom.
“Belinda is playing a great game and it’s never going to be easy in the fourth round of a slam.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com