Iga Swiatek needed to work to beat teenager Mirra Andreeva on Saturday with the world primary squeezing out a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 fightback on the Cincinnati Open.
The highest-seeded Pole wanted a break within the penultimate recreation of a match lasting greater than two and a half hours to lastly advance into the semifinals of the WTA and ATP occasion, a US Open tuneup that concludes on Monday.
Swiatek superior on her first match level as her opponent drove a return lengthy.
“She’s 17, however I really feel we had been taking part in on the identical stage,” Swiatek stated. “It was a decent match. Each level issues on the finish. It was not straightforward for certain.”
Swiatek stated that after shedding the opening set, she wanted a change of ways.
“I knew I couldn’t play in the identical manner. I wanted to place extra strain on her,” Swiatek stated.
“I performed extra proactive and had a greater thought of what I wanted to do. The identical rhythm (as the primary set) wouldn’t be sufficient.
“I modified issues and felt the outcomes immediately.”
Swiatek was damaged within the third recreation of the 53-minute opening set and was by no means capable of get it again. Andreeva wanted two set factors to assert the opener, incomes the lead with an ace.
Swiatek struck again within the second set with a break for 2-0, which she held all through to stage the units at one every.
Within the third, the highest seed secured the last-minute break for a 6-5 lead and raised her arms in victory as Andreeva returned over the baseline a recreation afterward Swiatek’s first match level.