Iga Swiatek ousts Elina Svitolina 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in Rome on Saturday. Swiatek will face off with Cori Gauff in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Pole added to her prize money € 36,693 after winning this match. She has won already € 70,161 till now in this competition. If she wins the next match, Iga will add € 62,097 to her earnings to get in total € 132,258.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Elina Svitolina Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Iga scored 67 points vs. Elina’s 53.
Swiatek
Swiatek didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (5/10).
Svitolina
On the other side, the Ukrainian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Swiatek and Svitolina is 1-0 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Swiatek will take on Gauff in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Iga Swiatek and Cori Gauff since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek had a strong start of this set after breaking Gauff in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Iga improved her lead after breaking Svitolina in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
They contested 50 points. The Pole won 14 more points than the Ukrainian (32-18). The Pole dropped 5 points on serve (19-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the Ukrainian conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
The Pole won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game, The Pole broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.
Swiatek converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). In addition on the other side, Elina converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They contested 70 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Iga won just 2 points more than the Ukrainian (36-34). Iga surrendered 18 points on serve (23-18). In addition, on the other side, Elina conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (4-6 7-5 7-61) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Ashleigh BartyBarty (4-6 1-2 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Jessica PegulaPegula (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Cori GauffGauff – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Petra MarticMartic (2-2) – H2H details and stats