Iga Swiatek brushes past Eugenie Bouchard 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in Paris on Friday after playing a superlative match to fight against Simona Halep in the 4th round.
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Swiatek was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Bouchard in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for the Pole to win the set since the Canadian succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. Swiatek kept her cool to break Eugenie in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Pole converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Bouchard converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 61 points. Swiatek conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Eugenie (35-26). Swiatek dropped 11 points on serve (17-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 18 points on serve (15-18).
Swiatek commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Bouchard in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that was not enough for Swiatek to win the set because the Canadian managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Pole maintained her focus to break Eugenie in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Canadian was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Pole converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Canadian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 0-40).
They played 45 points. The Pole was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Canadian (26-19). The Pole surrendered 8 points on serve (12-8). on the other side of the court, Bouchard conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
Iga will add to her prize money € 63,000 after conquering this match. She has won already € 189,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Swiatek will add € 94,500 to her earnings to get in total € 283,500 in total.
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At the end of the match, Iga scored 61 points vs. the Canadian’s 45.
Iga won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Eugenie was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Bouchard is 1-0 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Simona Halep – stats
Swiatek will play Halep in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Iga Swiatek and Simona Halep clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Halep won 6-1 6-0 in the 4th round in Paris back in 2019.
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