Iga Świątek in the quarter -finals Australian Open! She spread her rival
Iga Świątek smoothly beat Eva Lys in the 4th round of Australian Open. The Polish woman was promoted to the quarter -finals of the Grand Slam tournament.
On Monday, January 20, after 9 am Polish time, the 4th round of Australian Open began between Iga Świątek and Eva Lys from Germany. The Polish woman did not give her opponent any chance, defeating her 6: 0, 6: 1 in sets. She got up in 59 minutes, quickly celebrating a gifted rival with Ukrainian roots.
Australian Open. Iga Świątek Gromi Eva Lys
Until now, the Polish tennis player had a 1-0 balance with a German. After winning with Katerina Siniakova, Rebecca Sramkova and Emma Raducan, our player was the favorite of this clash. It is also her fifths at this stage of the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne. Her rival in such a situation was only found for the first time.
Eva Lys was aware of the scale of the challenge. Before the duel from Świątek, she called her an “amazing player” and announced that she would try to make the task more difficult as possible. As the result showed, this plan failed. It went even worse than in 2022, when she lost 6: 1, 6: 1 in Stuttgart.
Australian Open. Katarzyna Nowak about the chances of Iga Świątek
Sports commentator Katarzyna Nowak emphasized that so far the Polish player has not yet hit a serious obstacle in the tournament in Melbourne. – It is different in the recent United Cup. Saint played with Rybakina very nicely, a good match with the British, and an interesting meeting with Coco Gauff – she assessed.
– Looking at Iga, I don’t see something new that she would use on the court. You can see freshness, very high dynamics. Everything is so intact. Focus, focused, dynamic. The Polish woman is stabilized, there is no moment of uncertainty in her performances – Nowak said in an interview with Wprost.pl.
– Will Iga play in the final? Of course, just as a few other favorites can do: Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff or Jelena Rybakina. After all, the Polish woman is number 2 in the ranking. So far, Świątek is playing in Australian Open – Katarzyna Nowak emphasized. It is worth noting that after this statement Rybakin fell off the tournament, lost to Madison Keys.
