French Open champion Iga Swiatek served a warning to her rivals forward of the claycourt Grand Slam with a 6-0 6-0 demolition of former world primary Karolina Pliskova within the Italian Open ultimate on Sunday.
The victory in 46 minutes meant the world quantity 15 from Poland, who shot to fame at Roland Garros final yr by beating Sofia Kenin in straight units within the ultimate, will enter the highest 10 for the primary time when the brand new rankings are out on Monday.
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Swiatek’s third title total following triumphs at Roland Garros and Adelaide got here on the again of probably the most dominant performances of the 19-year-old’s profession as she dropped solely 13 factors towards the Czech, who was the 2019 Rome champion.
She served with ruthless accuracy, profitable greater than 93per cent of factors on her first serve, and transformed six out of eight break level alternatives to shut out the win towards a pissed off Pliskova, who had no solutions on the day.
It was additionally the primary double bagel within the ultimate of the Rome event and essentially the most one-sided since Hungary’s Andrea Temesvari beat American Bonnie Gadusek 6-1 6-0 in 1983.
The French Open will start on May 24.
