Iga Swiatek destroys Bernarda Pera 6-0 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome on Thursday after playing an impressive match to come up against Yulia Putintseva in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. The Pole won this tournament twice in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Swiatek added to her prize money € 13,470 after winning this match. She has already won € 30,435 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Pole will add € 22,045 to her earnings to get in total € 52,480 in total.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Bernarda Pera Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Pole scored 69 points vs. the American’s 44.
Swiatek
Swiatek won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.
Pera
On the other side, Bernarda wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Swiatek and Pera is 3-0 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats
Swiatek will face Putintseva in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Iga Swiatek and Yulia Putintseva clash against each other. 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 squared off, Swiatek won 6-1 6-2 in the 4th round in Indian Wells back in March 2024.
Live score progression and stats
This set was completely one-sided as Swiatek conceded no games to Pera before winning the set 6-0.
The Pole failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 0.
The Pole converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Bernarda wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A).
They contested 48 points. The Pole was the winner of the set after clinching 20 more points than Bernarda (34-14). Iga lost 6 points on serve (19-6). On the losing side, the American conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).
Iga didn’t concede much to the American and without many problems she won 6-2. Pera broke the Pole 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game. However, Iga broke her opponent in the 7th (5-2) game, but that didn’t stop her to conquer the set (6-2).
The Pole failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.
A crucial moment of this set was when the Pole won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.
The Pole converted 30% of her break points (3/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). Also, on the other side, the American converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 65 points. The Pole conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the American (35-30). The Pole lost 12 points on serve (15-12). On the losing side, the American conceded 20 points on serve (18-20).
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