Iga Swiatek vanquishes Xiyu Wang 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Madrid on Thursday after playing a remarkable match to clash against Sorana Cirstea in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Pole added to her prize money € 21,410 after winning this match. She has already won € 51,665 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Pole will add € 36,775 to her earnings to get in total € 88,440 in total.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Xiyu Wang Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Swiatek scored 59 points vs. Wang’s 42.
Swiatek
Iga was pretty good at converting 71% of the break points that she procured (5/7).
Wang
On the other side, the Chinese was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Wang is 1-0 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Sorana Cirstea – stats
Swiatek will face Cirstea in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Iga Swiatek and Sorana Cirstea square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Swiatek won 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in Doha back in February 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Xiyu Wang in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Swiatek managed to boost her lead after breaking Wang in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
The Pole failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 0.
There was an important spell in this set when the Pole won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Swiatek converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Xiyu was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 50 points. Iga conquered the set after winning 16 points more than Xiyu (33-17). Swiatek dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, Wang conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).
Swiatek conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Xiyu Wang in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for Swiatek to win the set since the Chinese managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. Iga maintained her cool to break Wang in the 10th (6-4) game.
Iga was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Xiyu converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 6th game (2-4 15-40).
They contested 51 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Iga won barely 1 point more than Xiyu (26-25). The Pole surrendered 12 points on serve (15-12). on the other side of the net, Wang conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).
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