Iga Swiatek Defeats China's Zheng Qinwen Enters Stuttgart Open Quarter-finals
Stuttgart [Germany], April 21 (ANI): World No.1 Iga Swiatek defeated China's Zheng Qinwen in the Round of 16 at the ongoing Stuttgart Open on Thursday to advance into the quarter-finals.Swiatek was returning to the court after a break of more than one month due to her rib injury. She had also missed the Miami Open and Poland's Billie Jean King Cup Qualifier.Also Read | DC vs KKR IPL 2023 Stat Highlights: David Warner Stands Out Amidst Bowler Dominance As Delhi Capitals Register First Points.She outplayed Zheng by winning in round 2 with 6-1, 6-4 to defend her title in the opening game. She finished the match in one hour and 26 minutes.With this win, Swiatek moved to the quarterfinal match where she will face former champion and former World No.1 Karolina Pliskova to advance to the final eight. Karolina defeated Donna Vekic in 2 hours and 20 minutes in the third set tiebreak.Also Read | Delhi Capitals Register First Win in IPL 2023; David Warner, Bowlers Star in Four-Wicket Victory Over Kolkata Knight Riders."I felt like I needed to be 100% focused from the beginning to the end, to think about technique and tactics. I'm pretty happy that I'm not rusty and I could perform good tennis, even though I had a break," WTA.com quoted Swiatek as saying."I'm pretty happy that I'm not rusty and I could perform good tennis, even though I had a break."After a break of 45 days, Swiatek showed why she is the current No1, she led the game to 3-0. She displayed no mercy to Zheng, and conquered the red-clay court in straight sets win. Swiatek stayed undefeated against Zheng as both played three matches and all were won by the Polish shutter. Zheng by taking consecutive two games delayed the victory of Swiatek, who was leading to 6-1, 4-2. However, she broke the fourth time and achieved 15 points."She's really talented, and everybody can see that," Swiatek said."I needed to adjust, and I'm just happy that I was focused on myself, on what I wanted to do ... and I feel pretty comfortable. So I'm happy that I could show my good tennis." Swiatek added.Swiatek and Pliskova have played only a single game which Swiatek dominatingly won to 6-0, 6-0 in the final of the Italian Open in 2021. (ANI) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
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