Victoring his entrance match at the WTA 1000 in Montreal, Iga Swiatek is getting closer to a unit of a record established by legend Monica Seles.
Since her well-appeal triumph in the Wimbledon final against the American Amanda Anisimova (6-0, 6-0), Iga Swiatek had no longer appeared on a tennis court before entering the WTA 1000 in Montreal. Faced with Hanyu Guo, from the qualifications, the Polish has largely led the debates, although she was breaking once in each round. Thanks to a large advantage acquired quickly at the start of the game (4-0), the seeded n ° 2 flew to the gain of the first round. Then during the second set, she left only one game in 32 minutes to the Chinese (6-3, 6-1).
This anecdotal match in all likelihood has nevertheless brought Iga Swiatek into a very closed circle. She won her 63rd launch match in a consecutive WTA tournament. A first since legend Monica Seles who had in her time earned 64 games at the start of the tournament in a row. Between her entry into Washington in 1990 and her first match played in Oakland in 1996, the American had never bowed in the first round. However, this reference mark could well be erased from the tablets by IGA Swiatek before the end of the summer, at the US Open for example according to its calendar. The world No. 3 will meet the 3rd Tour de Montréal the German Eva Lys or the Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
The American Caty McNally foiled the forecasts by offering the Scalp of Rebecca Sramkova (6-2, 6-2). Seeded n ° 31, the Slovak did not resist the McNally tornado, unbeaten since now twelve games (on the ITF and Challenger circuits also). In the third round, the 116th world will rub the compatriot, Madison Keys.
