La Domenica Del Corriere - Swiatek secures place in French Open last 16

NYSE - LSE
SCS 0.12% 16.14 $
RYCEF 0.59% 17.05 $
CMSD -0.15% 23.945 $
NGG 1.61% 80.66 $
GSK -1.18% 48.545 $
VOD -0.19% 13.425 $
BCE -0.71% 24.07 $
AZN -0.25% 93.755 $
BTI 0.09% 58.135 $
RIO -1.77% 84.85 $
BCC -1.72% 84.81 $
RBGPF 3.19% 84.04 $
BP 0.71% 35.401 $
CMSC -0.11% 23.5 $
RELX -0.72% 41.55 $
JRI -0.97% 13.41 $
Swiatek secures place in French Open last 16
Swiatek secures place in French Open last 16 / Photo: Anne-Christine POUJOULAT - AFP

Swiatek secures place in French Open last 16

Three-time reigning champion Iga Swiatek battled past unseeded Romanian Jaqueline Cristian 6-2, 7-5 to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros on Friday.

Text size:

Swiatek increased her winning run at the French Open to 24 matches as she looks to become the first woman to win four successive titles in Paris in over a century.

The 23-year-old Pole awaits the winner of a big-hitting showdown between Elena Rybakina and Jelena Ostapenko, who has beaten Swiatek in all six of their previous meetings.

Swiatek broke the 60th-ranked Cristian twice in a comfortable first set, but she was pushed a lot harder by her rival in the second and had to save six break points.

A.Mariani--LDdC