In the second round of the French Open on Wednesday, Iga Swiatek narrowly defeated Naomi Osaka 7-6 (7-1) 1-6 7-5 after surviving match point.
After leading the defending champion and the world No. 1 in the third set, Osaka appeared to be about to pull off her biggest victory in a long time. After trailing match point down to Osaka, Swiatek claimed she would have had to be quite ignorant to believe she could overcome her before rallying to win a thrilling French Open match.
Swiatek expressed her thoughts about it after the match and said: “I honestly didn’t believe I could win, because I would be pretty naive. But it didn’t change the fact that I just tried to do work to play better. I managed to be more focused at the end of the match, which went pretty badly. In the first and second sets, I felt like I was not completely in the zone. When I was under the biggest pressure, I was able to switch that and maybe that made the difference.”
Swiatek was emotional and cried after the game after saving the match point in a fierce battle with Osaka. She seemed surprised after pulling off an exciting victory at the French Open.
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Queste sono le immagini di Iga Swiatek dopo il match vinto contro Osaka.
Pochi secondi per capire quanta pressione devono sopportare questi atleti.
E non importa se occupi il primo o l’ultimo posto del ranking.
C’è da soffrire, sempre.#EurosportTennis #Swiatek #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/CUZvrdEYNC— Eurosport IT (@Eurosport_IT) May 30, 2024
Swiatek at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2024
Currently ranked no.1, Iga achieved a 40-4 match record in 2024. Iga is now competing at the French Open where she bested the world no.148 Leolia Jeanjean 6-1 6-2 and the world no.134 Naomi Osaka 7-61 1-6 7-5.
Iga Swiatek will play the world no.42 Marie Bouzkova in the 3rd round. They have never competed against each other so far on the main tour.
Swiatek has won 5 titles in 2024 in Australia, Doha, Indian Wells, Madrid and Rome.
Iga won 22 titles in her career: 13 on hard courts and 9 on clay courts. (See the list of her titles)
Naomi Osaka in 2024
LWLLWWLWLW Currently the world no.134, Naomi played her last match on the 29th of May when she lost to world no.1 Iga Swiatek 7-6(1) 1-6 7-5 in the 2nd round of the French Open (draw).
Currently, during this season Naomi owns an overall 13-10 record.
Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka squared off 3 times. Their current record is 2-1 for Swiatek. Previously, the last time they competed against each other, Iga Swiatek won 7-6(1) 1-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Paris (French Open) on the 29th of May 2024.
