The world’s first racket, Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek, announced her defeat by Russian representative Ekaterina Alexandrova, who is ranked 16th in the world, in the WTA-1000 tournament held in Miami. His words lead the way press service WTA.
“Of course, I was disappointed because I expected to play better in Miami. But Ekaterina played a great match. Of course, she was the best player in this match. I didn’t have time to calculate her serve. When I couldn’t respond well to it, I got a little stressed,” said Swiatek.
The match, which lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes, ended in two sets with scores of 6:4 and 6:2.
The Russian’s next opponent will be American tennis player Jessica Pegula, who is ranked fifth in the world. In the 1/8 finals of the tournament, Pegula defeated world number 20 Emma Navarro with scores of 7:6 and 6:3.
Swiatek, who won the Indian Wells tournament, continues to lead the rankings. He has 10,835 points. In second place is Belarusian representative Arina Sabalenko (8045 points), who is the champion at the Australian Open. Cori Gauff (7205 points) completed the top three.
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