Iga Swiatek wins against Varvara Gracheva 6-0 6-7(8) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Swiatek will fight against Marta Kostyuk in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Varvara Gracheva Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Iga scored 100 points vs. Gracheva’s 68.
Swiatek
The Pole won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 44% (7/16) of the procured opportunities.
Gracheva
On the other side, the French player didn’t lose the focus when 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 Gracheva is 2-0 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Marta Kostyuk – stats
Swiatek will play Kostyuk in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Iga Swiatek and Marta Kostyuk square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Swiatek won 6-2 6-1 in the semifinal in Indian Wells back in March 2024.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much story in this set as Iga conceded no games to the French player before winning the set 6-0.
Iga failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 0.
The Pole converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Swiatek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 37 points. The Pole was the one to win the set after conquering 21 points more than Gracheva (29-8). Swiatek lost 5 points on serve (17-5). In addition, on the other side, Gracheva conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).
Gracheva clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The French player broke back in the 9th (4-5) game to conquer the set 7-6.
The French player was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 9th game (3-5 0-40). On the other side, Iga was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40), the 8th (5-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40).
They played 89 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Varvara won just 1 point more than the Pole (45-44). Gracheva surrendered 19 points on serve (28-19). On the other side, Swiatek conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).
Iga was too good for the French player and without struggling too much she won 6-2. The French player broke Swiatek 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Swiatek broke her opponent in the 4th (2-2) game, but that didn’t stop her to conquer the set (6-2).
Varvara was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Iga converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). In addition on the other side, Gracheva converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 41 points. Iga was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Gracheva (28-13). The Pole surrendered 7 points on serve (15-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 13 points on serve (6-13).
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