Three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek of Poland rolled into the third spherical of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open with a 6-3, 6-2 win Monday in opposition to Maria Sakkari of Greece.
The second-seeded Swiatek, who had a bye within the first spherical of the WTA 1000 occasion in Doha, trailed 3-2 within the first set earlier than sweeping the subsequent eight video games to take management.
Swiatek is making an attempt to turn out to be simply the second girl within the twenty first century to win a match 4 consecutive occasions after Caroline Wozniacki, who did so at New Haven from 2008-11.
“Yearly it is totally different, yearly there’s a totally different story, so it is onerous to check and onerous to search out one factor that labored precisely,” Swiatek mentioned when requested to elucidate her success on the occasion.
“From what I keep in mind it isn’t like I have been taking part in flawlessly, so it isn’t like these tournaments had been good, however sooner or later at all times I discovered some options. I feel the situations listed below are fairly tough, and I used to be affected person sufficient to simply preserve specializing in my sport.”
Swiatek transformed 5 of 9 break factors within the 82-minute match and awaits the winner between Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic and Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez additionally moved into the third spherical with a swift 6-2, 6-2 upset of No. 8 seed Emma Navarro in 66 minutes. Fernandez broke the American’s serve 5 occasions and gained 81 % of the factors (25 of 31) on her first serve.
The remainder of the day’s motion concerned first-round matches.
No. 10 Daria Kasatkina blitzed fellow Russian Polina Kudermetova 6-0, 6-0 in simply 42 minutes. Kudermetova saved solely certainly one of seven break factors and gained solely 18 of the match’s 68 factors.
Noskova knocked off No. 15 Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-2, 6-4 in a first-round match Monday. Noskova fired 5 aces and took benefit of 4 double faults by Vekic within the 74-minute win.
Ons Jabeur of Tunisia defeated McCartney Kessler 6-2, 6-0. Peyton Stearns was a 7-5, 6-3 winner over Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska. Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko cruised 6-2, 6-1 over Japan’s Aoi Ito. Sofia Kenin eradicated Ashlyn Krueger 6-4, 6-4. Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia superior 6-2, 6-3 over Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina.
Solely two matches went three units. Poland’s Magda Linette rallied for a 3-6, 6-0, 6-4 win over Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova. Putintseva held off Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3 in two hours and 29 minutes.
–Subject Stage Media
