Iga Swiatek survives Heather Watson 6-3 6-7(4) 7-5 in the 1st round in Eastbourne on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Swiatek will square off with Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the qualifications in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Heather Watson Eastbourne International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:42
At the end of the match, the Pole scored 117 points vs. the Brit’s 108.
Swiatek
Iga won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.
Watson
On the other side, the Brit didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (3/6). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Watson is 2-0 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Daria Kasatkina – stats
Swiatek will compete against Kasatkina in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Iga Swiatek and Daria Kasatkina since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Swiatek clinched in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
The Pole converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Pole didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. Iga was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Brit (29-20). Iga dropped 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the net, heather conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
Watson won the set after she broke the Pole in the 6th (4-2) game. Iga tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, the Brit stayed solid to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
Heather won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (4-2), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Swiatek won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 5th (2-3) and 8th (3-5) point.
The Brit won the tiebreak 7-4 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
They played 98 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Brit won just 2 more points than Swiatek (50-48). The Brit conceded 20 points on serve (33-20). In addition, on the other side, the Pole conceded 17 points on serve (28-17).
Swiatek won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (1-4) game, Iga broke back 3 times in the 6th (2-4), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Heather capitulated the 6th game (2-4) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0. A defining moment of this set was when the Pole won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to bring the game count from 1-4 to 5-4. Yet also Watson won 4 consecutive games from 0-1 to 4-1
The Pole converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (1-4 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, heather converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 74 points. Iga conquered the set after winning 4 points more than heather (39-35). Iga conceded 13 points on serve (20-13). on the other side of the court, the Brit conceded 19 points on serve (22-19).
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Upcoming matches
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