Wuhan, Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek
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In mid-August, Iga Swiatek defeated Jasmine Paolini to win the Cincinnati Open. It was Swiatek's sixth consecutive win against Paolini, and the continuation of a stellar run from the six-time Grand Slam champion.
After six straight losses against Iga Swiatek, Jasmine Paolini delivered a 6-1, 6-2 masterclass to oust the No. 2 player and reach the Wuhan semifinals, while strengthening her bid for the final WTA Finals spot.
It was the Italian's first victory over Iga in their seventh meeting—with Jasmine having previously won only one set.
On Oct. 10, 2020, Poland's Iga Świątek won her country's first major singles title, beating American Sofia Kenin in the French Open final.
After a strong start to her Wuhan Open campaign, Iga Swiatek hit a tough wall in the quarterfinals. Until then, she hadn’t dropped a set. Against Marie Bouzkova, she showed her full range of skills, cruising to a dominant 6-1,
French Open champion Iga Swiatek says she is finding it tough to deal with the weight of expectation at the Australian Open following her maiden Grand Slam triumph in October.
Iga Swiatek powered her way to the third round of the WTA’s 1,000-level Wuhan Open with a straight sets win against Marie Bouzkova.
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Wuhan: Iga Swiatek survives after erasing deficit in each set to beat Belinda Bencic
No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek overcame 13th-seeded Belinda Bencic in two sets 7-6 (2) 6-4 to reach the Wuhan quarterfinal, but it was all but an easy day at the office for the six-time Grand Slam champion.
If a graphic example were needed of the internal psychological warfare tennis players often wage in their own minds, the first hour of Dominic Thiem's U.S. Open final against Alexander Zverev would be a good place to start.
While Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova’s on-court rivalry was a stuff of legends, they also share a relationship built on shared mutual respect off the court.
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