Iga Swiatek on semi-final battle in the direction of Ons Jabeur in Stuttgart Open: Not going to be a easy match

By India Today Sports Desk: Iga Swiatek is pretty aware of the issue Ons Jabeur will pose inside the semi-final of the Stuttgart Open to be carried out on Saturday, April 22. On Friday, World No.1 Swiatek defeated Karolina Pliskova 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 and superior to the semis.

Jabeur will go into the game after beating Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3, 6-0. Swiatek understands that beating Jabeur acquired’t be a stroll inside the park.

“For sure, when you have Ons, you’re not gonna expect an easy match. It’s gonna be a little bit different than most of the matches you play. You have to be ready for a different game style. It’s pretty exciting, but when you’re out there on court it is tough,” Swiatek was quoted as saying after the match.

Swiatek had her honest proportion of troubles inside the match in the direction of Pliskova. She went into the encounter as a company favourite, having crushed Pliskova 6-0, 6-0 of their earlier meeting in Rome in 2021.

The stats didn’t problem Pliskova, who raced to a 4-0 lead inside the first set in solely 17 minutes. But after Swiatek found her range inside the second, there was no stopping her.

Swiatek raced to a 4-0 lead inside the second set and closed it out with out having to interrupt a sweat. In the highest, she took two hours and one minute useful Pliskova a defeat.

“Overall I felt like at the beginning I couldn’t really focus. When she’s serving, these are like really milliseconds that matter. So I feel like I was playing already good tennis at the end of the first set, but it was already too late kind of to even the score,” he added.