Iga Swiatek in motion on the French Open.© AFP
Defending champion Iga Swiatek overcame an early wobble to achieve the French Open second spherical on Tuesday with a straights units win over Cristina Bucsa of Spain. The world primary, bidding to grow to be the primary lady to efficiently defend the title at Roland Garros since Justine Henin in 2007, got here by means of 6-4, 6-0.
“I do know this court docket fairly effectively and I’m specializing in the longer term,” stated Swiatek, who may lose the highest rating to Aryna Sabalenka or Elena Rybakina at Roland Garros.
Swiatek, the champion in Paris additionally in 2020, had dropped only one sport to Bucsa when the pair met on the Australian Open in January.
She struggled for rhythm on Tuesday in a primary set which featured 5 breaks of serve. Nevertheless, as soon as the opener was wrapped up, the 21-year-old swept apart Bucsa, ranked 70 on this planet, in a 22-minute second set. Subsequent up for Swiatek is a conflict in opposition to both Ylena In-Albon of Switzerland or Claire Liu of the US.
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