French Open: Iga Swiatek double-bagels Anastasia Potapova in 40 minutes in hopeless mismatch at Roland-Garros
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ByOli Gent
Updated 02/06/2024 at 11:52 GMT
Iga Swiatek raced into the quarter-finals of the French Open with a double-bagel victory over Anastasia Potapova in just 40 minutes. She closed out the 6-0 6-0 victory in just 40 minutes, and was at her brilliant best to brush her Russian opponent aside. The three-time Roland-Garros champion will face either Marketa Vondrousova or Olga Danilovic in the last eight.
French Open highlights - Swiatek swats aside Potapova in astonishing 40-minute blitz
Iga Swiatek was in no mood for hanging about as she brushed Anastasia Potapova aside 6-0 6-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open.
The world No. 1 was in scintillating form on Court Philippe-Chatrier as she recorded a double-bagel victory over her Russian opponent, who just could not contend with the Pole’s brilliance and power.
Swiatek was in full swing straight out of the blocks, putting immediate pressure on the Potapova serve, cracking her inside the opening six minutes.
She followed that up with a thundering cross-court backhand that helped her to a double-break, before another backhand winner and a Potapova double fault closed out the first set in just 19 minutes.
Potapova sought to hit heavier in the second set, but with that came more errors that she just could not afford to make, with Swiatek soaking up the pressure and dictating with her forehand to romp to a 3-0 lead in just nine minutes of the second set.
The top seed broke again with a crunching forehand approach, forcing the Russian to shank a forehand pass attempt into the tramlines, and she added one more service break for good measure to close out the victory; a final Potapova forehand netted to close out the affair in just 40 minutes.
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She faces either Marketa Vondrousova or Olga Danilovic next.
Swiatek was dominant off both wings, screwing the ball from side to side and running Potapova all over the court before crashing down winner after winner.
She was never fazed on serve, either, losing just three points in her own service games, while winning 24 of 31 points that she was receiving.
“I was really focused and in the zone; not looking at the score," Swiatek said afterwards.
"I continued playing my game and working on the stuff I wanted to work on. It went pretty quickly; pretty weird.
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'It went pretty quickly, pretty weird!' - Swiatek on stunning 40-minute victory
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