For the 3rd time in as many matches against her, it took three sets for Iga Swiatek to overcome the Czech Karolina Muchova (6-1, 4-6, 6-4), on the night of Thursday to Friday at Montreal, at the end of a match made interminable (9 hours) by the episodes of rain in Quebec.
Building on her momentum since winning her fourth tournament this season, at home in Warsaw, Swiatek seemed set for easy success by breaking Muchova twice in the first set. But the Czech came back in the second and the rain then sent the two players back to the locker room. Then again when the two women had just resumed.
Swiatek will be number 1 at the US Open
“You have to find the energy even if you’ve been there since 9 in the morning, explained Swiatek after this rematch of the Roland-Garros final, which will have lasted nine hours. What is certain is that it was a rather exceptional day and I don’t think I have ever experienced such a situation in my career. So it’s an opportunity to learn something new, to see what I’m capable of even if it feels like we’ve played this game three times. »
Swiatek, who will find American qualifier Danielle Collins in the quarters, can no longer be overtaken by Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (in quarters this Friday) at the top of the WTA hierarchy before the US Open.
