Iga Swiatek didn't hold back against close friend Kaja Javan, defeating the Slovenian qualifier 6-0, 6-1, in just 49 minutes Friday to move into the U.S.
Open's fourth round. The top-seeded defending champion from Poland has dropped only nine games so far in the tournament. She's handed her opponents 19 6-0 sets on the WTA tour this year. "I didn't like the fact I was kind of winning against my best friend," Swiatek told the crowd in Louis Armstrong Stadium afterward. "Playing her is like playing a sister. ...
I don't have many friends but she's my best friend." In the first match of the day in Arthur Ashe Stadium, 14th-seeded American Tommy Paul moved into the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the first time, defeating No.
21 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 6-1, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3. Paul served up the last of his 15 aces to close out the match "I felt like I served a lot better, came to the net and played full-court tennis," said Paul, who reached the semifinals of the Australian Open this year.