Winning Iga Świątek with an injury in the background. The Polish woman celebrated Ukrainian to zero

Iga Świątek in the tournament in the capital of the United Arab Emirates is set up with number 2. The first day of the competition was slightly crazy in which the Polish woman took part. Świątek was to play a match with Victoria Azarenka in the morning session. However, it turned out that due to rainfall, both ladies went to the court only late in the afternoon.

It did not prevent the Polish woman in the very reliable of the former number 1 on global lists. Azarenka lost from Świątek very clearly in two parties 0: 6, 2: 6.

WTA 1000 in Dubai: Iga Świątek won with Ukrainian Dajana Jastremska

After Tuesday’s win, it became clear that in the third round a Polish woman will be waiting for an interesting challenge in the form of an opponent from Ukraine. Dajana Jastremska has a lot of potential, and often her risk of strong plays, can be compared with tactics chosen by Jelena Ostapenko. What memories with Latvian have a Polish woman, you don’t have to convince …

Jastremka during the competition in Dubai in the first round defeated Magda Linette 6: 3, 7: 5. From Świątek, the Ukrainian woman had a much more difficult, ultimately losing crossing. Although Jastrem can be praised for their attitude in the first set. The Ukrainian woman played, as equal to the equal, in the clash with the vice -leader of the WTA ranking. Finally, after an hour of the game it ended at 7: 5 for Świątek.

However, it turned out that what came out quite well in the first party quite well, it completely fell apart in the set number 2. The Ukrainian lost him to zero (0: 6). Świątek thus won the promotion to the quarter -finals of the event in Dubai. It is worth adding that the Ukrainian tennis player at 0: 3 asked for support from medical services, having problems with the leading, right hand. It is possible that we are talking about some Jastrem injury, which strongly hindered any fight in the second installment with a Polish woman.

The second set lasted only 33 minutes. Looking at the statistics, it was obvious that the Ukrainian woman tried to take the maximum risk. Jastremska made 18 winners at just eight Christmas. On the other hand, the Ukrainian added as many as 47 (!) Unforced errors. In this statistics on the Polish side there was a number 19.

Who will Świątek face in the quarter -finals of the event in Dubai? It will be the win of the Peyton Stearns match (USA, 46.WTA) with the Russian Mirra Andrejew (14. WTA). This match will start in the Wednesday afternoon tournament session.

Iga Świątek and all its championships

The Polish woman in her career so far has reached a total of 22. Championship titles at the courts almost all over the world.

Świątek triumphed in five struggles in a great shelter, four times on the courts of Roland Garros (2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024) and once at the US Open (2022). In addition, the prestigious triumph in WTA Finals (2023) should be added.

In addition, won in WTA 1000 rank tournaments, respectively in Rome (2021, 2022, 2024), Dosze (2022 and 2024), Indian Wells (2022 and 2024), Miami (2022), Beijing (2023) and Madrid (2024).

The list also includes the WTA 500 struggle, successively: Adelajda (2021), Stuttgart (2022 and 2023), San Diego (2022) and the aforementioned Dosze (2023). Plus Polish accent, WTA 250 in Warsaw (2023).

After the Olympic tournament in Paris (2024), the bronze medal of the Games should be added to this list. The first album in the history of Polish Olympicism pulled out of competition on tennis courts.