Wimbledon: Swiatek wins 40th match of season to reach third round
The Pole will face either France’s Diane Parry or Croatia’s Petra Martic, the No 30 seed in the third round
Iga Swiatek during her second round match at Wimbledon in 2023
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World No1 Iga Swiatek, of Poland, is through to the third round at Wimbledon after scoring a comprehensive straight sets win over Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo on Wednesday.
Even as some players were yet to play their first round matches due to the rain on outer courts at the All England Club, Swiatek easily won 6-2, 6-0 in one hour and 10 minutes to score her 40th match win of the 2023 season.
“I was able to kind of do everything tactically as I wanted to, as my coach wanted me to do, on first and second round,” Swiatek said in her post-match press conference. “I feel confident. I’m going to try to kind of keep it going.”
The Pole’s best performance at Wimbledon has been a fourth round finish in 2021. In the third round, she will face either France’s Diane Parry or Croatia’s Petra Martic, the No 30 seed.
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