French Open: Iga Swiatek cruises past Alison Riske, races to 30th successive win
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek defeated Alison Riske of America 6-0, 6-2 at Stade Roland Garros on May 26 to advance to the third round of the French Open
Unstoppable Iga Swiatek won her 30th consecutive match with a straight-set victory, winning the first set with a bagel in just 21 minutes. Alison Riske barely avoided a double bagel after trailing 3-0 in the second set. Iga Swiatek fired 23 winners to 15 unforced errors and lost just 10 points in seven service games, wrapping up the match with one hour and one minute of play. The victory against Alison Riske improved the record of Iga Swiatek to 3-0.
After her victory, Rafael Nadal praised the upcoming Polish sensation. He said, "She's winning very easy. That's special and very difficult. I saw her play a couple of matches, and it seems like today she's over the rest. That's what the results say, because when somebody like her wins the tournaments and is winning with these results. Happy for her. She's fresh. She's natural. She's young.
Iga Swiatek had joined Venus Williams, Serena Williams and Justine Henin as one of the only four women to win 30 or more streaks since 2000. She will next face Danka Kovinic of Montenegro in the third round of Rolland Garros on May 28.
Aryna Sabalenka beats Madison Brengle to reach round three
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka defeated Madison Brengle of America 6-1, 6-3 at Stade Roland Garros on May 26 in the second round of the French Open.
Seventh seed Aryna Sabalenka dominated her opponent to progress to the third round at Roland Garros for the third consecutive year. The victory increased her win-loss record at Roland Garros to 7-4.
Seventh seed Aryna Sabalenka will lock horns with Camila Giorgi in the third round of the French Open on May 28.
Simona Halep suffers a panic attack during a second-round loss to Qinwen Zheng at Roland Garros
Qinwen Zheng defeated Simona Halep of Romania 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 at Stade Roland Garros on May 26 to progress to the third round of the French Open.
Simona Halep was the singles champion at Roland Garros in 2018. Qinwen Zheng took just under two hours to pull off the biggest win of her career in her second Grand Slam appearance, following her Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open earlier this year.
Simona Halep had a great start to the match and was a set, and a break before her Chinese opponent won eight straight games and pulled off a reversal. She later revealed that she had a panic attack during the second-round match. Halep said; I couldn't focus anymore. Now it's behind me, and I can smile again. I will learn from this episode. It was overthinking. I was leading. There was no reason. But it happened. I have to accept it. It happens to everybody.
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