Iga Swiatek underlined her standing because the world’s high participant with an environment friendly 6-4 6-3 victory over Croatian Petra Martic at Wimbledon on Thursday, her twenty first match win in a row.
The 23-year-old Pole triumphed on the Madrid and Rome Opens in addition to taking the Roland Garros title, earlier than switching to the Wimbledon grass and reaching the third spherical.
Swiatek, who has gained 5 Grand Slams however has by no means progressed past the quarterfinals right here, regarded snug on the Centre Court docket grass, although she was examined at occasions by Martic’s hefty serve and groundstrokes.
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Martic, 10 years Swiatek’s senior and ranked eighty fifth on the planet, fell and wanted remedy after the seventh sport of the primary set however resumed apparently unimpeded.
Swiatek clinched the primary set on her first break level with an attacking forehand that Martic may solely dump into the online.
She broke Martic’s serve within the eighth sport of the second set, earned match level with a giant forehand winner and completed the competition with a serve that Martic netted.