Iga Swiatek held off a fierce problem from Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk to advance into the quarter-finals of the French Open with a 6-3 6-4 victory on Monday.
The eighth-seeded Pole has now received 22 consecutive units at Roland Garros to arrange a conflict with Greek seventeenth Maria Sakkari as she bids to turn out to be the primary girl to retain her title right here since Justine Henin in 2007.
Against an 18-year-old opponent who threw every thing at her, Swiatek saved her composure in an empty courtroom Philippe Chatrier, with followers not allowed to attend due to Paris’s 9pm COVID-19 curfew.
Kostyuk, who had not dropped a set whereas powering by the primary three rounds, piled on the strain early on to put Swiatek on the again foot and earn a break for 2-1.
An unfazed Swiatek, nevertheless, broke straight again earlier than gaining the higher hand within the eighth sport when Kostyuk’s tried backhand down the road went broad.
The Pole served it out to take the lead after a vastly aggressive set wherein she confronted 5 break factors.
Swiatek capitalised on her opponent’s errors to break for a 2-1 lead within the second, just for Kostyuk to degree for 2-2 after she was given a capsule by the coach.
The decisive break for Swiatek got here within the seventh sport when Kostyuk netted a sliced forehand whereas trying to retrieve a lob.
Kostyuk bounced her racket in frustration after Swiatek earned a match level at 5-3, however the Pole squandered that probability.
Kostyuk went 30-0 up within the tenth sport however Swiatek received 4 factors in a row, wrapping it up with an excellent lob on the finish of a fast trade on the web.
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