Iga Swiatekhas not added a single title to her list of achievements since she won the last edition of the French Open. However, she has returned to the clay of Paris and regained her confidence
She would not have won any other way on Sunday against Elena Rybakina. The Kazakh dominated the match with a set and a 2-0 lead. In fact, she was one game away from a bagel in the opening set.
It was then that the four-time French Open champion remembered her best Parisian version to come back and close a favorable score of 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
Swiatek is so desperate for results that she tried to scratch two points from her opponent with two tight balls that had gone in and she marked out. It had to be the chair umpire who came down to put things right
The Warsaw native has saved a total of 1,760 points that would have relegated her to eighth place in the WTA rankings. In the quarter-finals, she will face Elina Svitolina, who defeated Jasmine Paolini
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