In the first match of the Olympic Games, Iga Świątek had some problems, but she won 6:2, 7:5 against Irina-Camelia Begu. In turn, on Monday afternoon she fully demonstrated why she is called the queen of Paris. The world ranking leader gave no chance to Diane Parry, whom she defeated 6:1, 6:1 in just over an hour and advanced to the third round of the Olympic tournament. In this way, she beat her feat from Tokyo, where she was eliminated in the second round.
Iga Świątek's incredible performance on the Roland Garros courts. True domination
The Paris Games are being held at Roland Garros, so it was no surprise that Iga Świątek was the number one favorite to win the gold medal even before the tournament. The Pole has won the last three French Opens (2024, 2023, 2022), and even before that she triumphed in 2020.
Thus, the Polish player has been undefeated on the Roland Garros courts since June 9, 2021! Then she lost in the quarterfinals to Maria Sakkari 4:6, 4:6. The OptaAce profile calculated that it is 1145 days. Since then, world number 1 Ashleigh Barty has ended her career, and the Olympic champion from Rio de Janeiro Monica Puig has also hung up her racket. In turn, Iga Świątek was then in ninth place in the WTA ranking (now number one) and had only one Grand Slam title out of five currently. “Era” – concludes OptaAce.
In turn, The Tennis Letter called Świątek's performance on Monday “crushing.” It was quoted as saying that the Pole has already won 49 matches this year, 21 in a row on clay courts! During this impressive series on clay, Świątek has won competitions in Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros and is now in the third round of the Olympic tournament. “She makes it look so easy,” the profile summed up.
In the third round match of the Olympic tournament, Iga Świątek will face Xiyu Wang, ranked 52nd in the WTA ranking. The two women have only played each other once. In the second round of this year's WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid, Świątek won 6:1, 6:4.