The eighth-seeded Pole won 7-64, 6-0 to stretch her record of straight-sets victories here to 10 matches. Defending champion Iga Swiatek overcame an early break to defeat Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit and reach the last 16 at Roland Garros on Saturday. The eighth-seeded Pole won 7-64, 6-0 to stretch her record of straight-sets victories here to 10 matches. “She had a fast start and I was late getting going,” said Swiatek, who had lost both her previous matches to Kontaveit. 4, and she has shaken a slump with her return to Roland Garros, where she was the runner-up to Iga Swiatek in October.

Source: The Hindu June 05, 2021 16:52 UTC