MONTREAL — Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek simply superior to the third spherical of the Nationwide Financial institution Open, beating Guo Hanyu of China 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday.
Enjoying for the primary time since routing Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 within the Wimbledon remaining for her sixth main, Swiatek raced to a 4-0 result in push her video games successful streak to 24.
“I believe I performed a extremely stable match at this time,” Swiatek stated. “Enjoying the primary match on arduous courtroom after a fairly lengthy break from the floor is all the time difficult, so I am comfortable that I simply targeted on myself, adjusted to the situations and performed properly.”
On Friday, the second-seeded Polish star will face the winner of a late match between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia and Eva Lys of Germany.
Two-time defending champion Jessica Pegula of the US additionally superior, topping Maria Sakkari of Greece 7-5, 6-4.
Sixth-seeded Madison Keys of the US beat Germany’s Laura Siegemund 6-2, 6-1, and former top-ranked participant Naomi Osaka of Japan rallied to edge Liudmila Samsonova of Russia 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3.
