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Iga Swiatek confidently won her first round game at Wimbledon. Serena Williams, on the other hand, lost.
The top 10 players
- Iga Swiatek (POL/WTA 1) see Jana Fett (CRO/WTA 252) 6:0, 6:3
- Maria Sakkari (GRE/WTA 5) see Zoe Hives (AUS/WTA 571) 6:1, 6:4
- Paula Badosa (ESP/WTA 4) see Louisa Chirico (USA/WTA 236) 6:2, 6:1
The world number 1 Iga Swiatek started the tournament in Wimbledon with an easy win in two sets. The Pole, who won the junior women’s tournament on Church Road in 2018, only lost 3 games against the Croatian qualifier Jana Fett. For the French Open winner it is already the 36th victory de suite on the tour. After the strenuous past few months, Swiatek had completely dispensed with lawn preparation competitions. With the professionals, she is only for the 3rd time in Wimbledon.
After a furious opening sentence that only lasted 25 minutes, it was over Maria Sakkari take it easy in their first round game. And so her opponent Zoe Hives, number 571 in the world, could prove her skills. In the second set, the American showed a respectable performance, even taking the service from the Greek world number 5 to make it 1:2. In the end, however, Sakkari prevailed in two sets, as befitted his rank. The match between Sakkari and Hives had to be postponed from Monday to Tuesday.
Williams loses dramatically
Serena Williams (WTA 1204) suffered a dramatic defeat in her singles comeback. The seven-time Wimbledon winner, who had not competed in almost a year, lost 5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 7 (7:10) to French Harmony Tan (WTA 115). After more than 3 hours of playing time, the visibly marked American lost her strength at the end. Although she was able to take a 4-0 lead in the match tie-break, not much went after that.
SRF two, sportlive, 06/27/2022, 12:00 p.m.; rec/say
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