Iga Świątek on Tuesday South advanced to the quarter -finals of the prestigious tournament in Rome. The runner -up of the world ranking in two hours and 36 minutes won with Russian Diana Sznajder 6: 0, 6: 7, 6: 4 and took the next step towards defending the trophy. “If the tennis match could be finished after the first set, the media from around the world would just announce that Świątek returned to the destroyer mode, and the earth court could fit anyone. In winning by a Polish woman match From Sznajder we also saw the second face of our tennis player – uncertain, restless. Already known to us from recent weeks. But it is worth remembering 22 minutes that say something ” – Łukasz Jachimiak, a journalist of Sport.pl wrote in a commentary from the match.
Here is the date of the Iga Świątek match – Madison Keys
Iga Świątek in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Madrid will face the American Madison Keys (5. WTA), which she beat Donna Vekić in an hour and 17 minutes (21. WTA) 6: 2, 6: 3. Shelf She will have the opportunity to repay Keys for the defeat in the semi -final of this year's Australian Open. Then the American won 5: 7, 6: 1, 7: 6 (10: 8).
Organizers of the Madrid tournament on Tuesday after 18.30 they announced the meeting plan for Wednesday. It is already known that the clash of Iga Świątek – Madison Keys will start at 13. It will be the first duel on the main court – Manolo Santana Stadium. At the same time, another quarter -finals will start on the Arantx Sanchez court: Mirra Andrejew (Russia, 7. WTA) – Coco Goufff (USA, 4. WTA).
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On Wednesday, the other two women's quarter finals will also take place: Elina Svitolina (Ukraine, 17. WTA) – Moyuka Uchijima (Japan, 56. WTA). The last quarter -finals will be selected by Tuesday clashes: Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus, 1. WTA) – Peyton Stearns (USA, 44. WTA) and Marta Kostjuk (Ukraine, 36. WTA) – Anastazja Potapowa (Russia, 39. WTA).
Nerve war in the match of Świątek. Fissette and Abramowicz's faces said everything
“It was a real war of nerves on the court in Spain. First, the Russian was helpless, then the Polish woman began to confuse more often, but at the end, after 2.5 hours of fierce fight, she won. The implementer saw the eloquent reactions of the trainers of Iga Świątek” – wrote Dominik Senkowski, journalist Sport.pl in the perceptions from the match of Świątek – Sznajder.