Swiatek conquers Jabeur in the 1st round of the Citi Open

Iga Swiatek hustles Ons Jabeur 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in Washington on Monday. Swiatek will have to play Jessica Pegula in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Jabeur took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Swiatek in the 1^st game (1-0). Jabeur to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.

2^nd set.

Jabeur overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Swiatek in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, the Pole refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Jabeur 3 times in the 6^th (2-4), in the 8^th (4-4) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Jabeur couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-4 to 6-4).

3^rd set.

Jabeur took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Swiatek in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, Iga managed to stage a great comeback to break the Tunisian 3 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (2-2) gamein the 10^th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

At the end of the match, Swiatek scored 102 points vs. Jabeur’s 92 points.

Swiatek won this match even if she had a tough time in converting her break points as she converted only 43% (6/14). On the other side, Ons was pretty focused in converting 83% of the break points that she conquered points (5/6). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Swiatek and Jabeur is 1-0 for Iga.

Next Match: Iga Swiatek vs. Jessica Pegula – H2H and stats

Swiatek will square off with Pegula in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.