Iga Sviontek faced Claire Liu (56th WTA) in the second round of the tournament in Indian Wells. The polka knocked out her opponent, who did not find any arguments.
Rival Igi Sviontek took part in the first round of the tournament in Indian Wells. She beat Slovak Anna Karolina Shmidlova 7:6(5), 6:3, thanks to which she got a chance to play with the best racket in the world. Last year, the polka won the tournament in California and now she wants to repeat her feat.
Iga Sviontek surpassed her opponent
While Claire Liu showed in the first game that she would try to dominate, her intentions quickly cooled off. Iga Sviontek did not give up and quickly took the lead. In the second, the American was close to success, because she was already leading 40:15, but in the end, the polka knocked her off balance and broke her opponent. After some time, the fans witnessed the impeccable presentation of the best tennis player in the world.
Looking at the progress of the first set, one might get the impression that we are dealing with a race between Fiat 126p and Bugatti Veyron. Iga Sviontek dealt cards from start to finish, and her opponent did not make any impression on her. What definitely could not be taken away from Claire Liu was that she behaved very well and played solidly. However, the first set ended with a score of 6:0 in favor of the WTA world ranking leader.
Iga Sviontek put an end to i
The start of the second set was very similar to the first. Iga Swiatek was in the lead, but Claire Liu managed to balance her, although she never won her first game. With the second score 30:0, the American scored the first point, and the audience at the stadium gave her a standing ovation. So they did every time, encouraging her to play better. However, error after error did not improve her position, and she had no problem using them.
The set was already 3:0 in favor of the representative of Poland. In the fourth game, the 22-year-old player led to a state of equilibrium, but was again violated. Despite the complete dominance of the 21-year-old Varsovian, she did not lose concentration and, with the exception of single point losses, she continued to do her job until the very end of the match. Claire Liu surprised her 5-0 by not only throwing her first serve ace of the match, but also winning the first game of the match. Despite this, in the seventh game of the second set, Iga Sviontek closed the meeting, reaching the next round of Indian Wells.
Iga Swiatek - Claire Liu 2:0 (6:0, 6:1)
Source: Wprost
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