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Iga Swiatek dominant in second round win at 2023 Qatar Open

February 16, 2023

Iga Swiatek dominant in second round win at 2023 Qatar Open

What makes the world’s best tennis players great is that they can dominate players with significant tennis resumes of their own. Case in point on Wednesday, as world number one Iga Swiatek of Poland completely clobbered 2022 Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins of the United States 6-0, 6-1.

To lose only one game out of 13 is mind-boggling. But to accomplish the feat against a two-time WTA tournament champion (2021 Palermo Ladies Open and 2021 Silicon Valley Classic) who was as high as seventh in the world in the summer of 2022, was extremely impressive indeed.

Swiatek broke Collins in the match five out of seven attempts. Swiatek won 74% of her points on her first serve and 82% of her points on her second serve. Collins meanwhile only won 30% of her first serve points, and 29% of her second serve points in her second round match.


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This is the second time this season that Swiatek won by the scoreline of 6-0, 6-1. The 2020 and 2022 French Open champion and 2022 United States Open champion beat Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa in the third round of the 2023 Australian Open, before Swiatek lost to reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 6-4, 6-4 in the fourth round.

Swiatek has come through with a high profile double bagel win in the past. That came in the final of the 2021 Italian Open, where Swiatek was victorious over Karolina Pliskova of Czechia.

In the quarterfinals on Wednesday, Swiatek was to face the reigning Olympic champion Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in the quarterfinals. However, Bencic withdrew due to fatigue. Swiatek will now face either American Coco Gauff or Russian Veronika Kudermetova in the final.


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