French Open 2022: Polish celebrity and World No.1 Iga Swiatek certified for the semi-final of the clay court docket event at Roland Garros after beating USA’s Jessica Pegula.
Iga Swiatek. Courtesy: Reuters
HIGHLIGHTSSwiatek received the match in straight unitsSwiatek will subsequent face Darai Kasatkina within the semisSwiatek has received 33 matches in a row
World No.1 Iga Swiatek has made her means via to the semi-final of the French Open 2022 after beating USA’s Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-2 at Phillippe-Chatrier. The 20-year-old continued together with her dream run on court docket as she received her thirty third match in a row.
Swiatek went 1-2 down within the first set, however upped her sport within the crunch moments to return up trumps. In the second set, the lady prodigy took a powerful lead in opposition to Pegula, who was the runner-up within the Madrid Open earlier this yr, and she or he didn’t look again from there.
Swiatek churned out 30 winners and confirmed her sheer class whereas enjoying the overhead and method strokes. She additionally broke her opponent’s serve 5 out of 11 occasions to take the higher hand within the match. However, Swiatek might be trying to work on not making quite a lot of unforced errors.
In her fourth spherical match in opposition to China’s Qinwen Zheng, she misplaced the primary set within the tie-breaker, however made a comeback after the latter suffered from cramps. Back in 2020, Swiatek received the trophy at Roland Garros and that is still her solely Grand Slam victory to date in her profession.
Swiatek is now set to lock horns with Russia’s World No.20 Daria Kasatkina within the semi-final. Kasatkina will go into the match after beating Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 7-6 (7) on Wednesday. It stays to be seen if Swiatek can equal veteran Serena Williams’ file of 34 straight wins between Miami and Wimbledon again in 2013.
