Iga Swiatek took just 40 minutes to register a crushing 6-0 6-0 win over Anastasia Potapova to reach the French Open quarter-finals.
The two-time defending champion showed why she is the overwhelming favorite for the title with a relentlessly dominant performance over Anastasia.
Top seed Swiatek won 48 points – against 10 won by world number 41 Potapova – and did not face a single break point.
She hit just two unforced errors to Potapova’s 19 and won 94 percent of points on her first serve.
It was the quickest win of Swiatek’s career – and the second shortest completed match at Roland Garros after Steffi Graf’s 32-minute triumph over Natasha Zvereva in the 1988 final.
Iga Swiatek is now only the third player in the Open Era to claim 6-0 6-0 victories at Roland Garros in consecutive years, after Gabriela Sabatini (1992-93) and Mary Pierce (1993-94).
“I was just really focused, in the zone and not really looking at the score, and yeah it went pretty quickly, pretty weird,” said Swiatek.
“Because we played really early with the open roof, it’s always a bit different but it’s still not too warm. It doesn’t feel like summer in Europe but we’ll see what it’s going to be like in two days.” she added
Swiatek is set to face Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova next after the Czech ended Serb qualifier Olga Danilovic’s run in a 6-4 6-2 victory.
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Story by: Rabbi Adu Agyei| univers.ug.edu.gh
