The subsequent time Iga Swiatek takes her greatest good friend Kaja Juvan out for dinner, bagels are unlikely to be on the menu.
The world primary and defending US Open champion thrashed Slovakian qualifier Juvan 6-0 6-1 to succeed in the fourth spherical at Flushing Meadows.
The pair had been out for a meal in New York simply final week, and Swiatek spoke of their enduring friendship on the WTA Tour earlier than the match.
But with mates like Swiatek, who wants enemies? The Pole surrendered simply eight factors as she raced away with the primary set to like in solely 33 minutes.
Juvan did a minimum of keep away from the dreaded ‘double-bagel’, lastly getting a sport on the board 40 minutes into the match for 3-1 within the second and elevating her arms aloft in mock triumph to the acclaim of the Louis Armstrong crowd.
But it was solely delaying the inevitable, with Swiatek wrapping up one other medical, assertion victory – she beat Rebecca Peterson by the identical scoreline within the first spherical – in nicely underneath an hour.
“I didn’t like that I was winning with my best friend but I knew I had to be focused and not think about that,” mentioned the 22-year-old.
“It’s like playing your sister. I don’t have many friends and she’s my best friend so that was the toughest, for sure.”
Source: www.impartial.co.uk
