Iga Świątek reveals Dua Lipa helped her overcome French Open setback
Polish tennis star Iga Świątek has revealed Dua Lipa helped her after she went a set down in the fourth round of the French Open.
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Polish tennis star Iga Świątek has revealed Dua Lipa helped her after she went a set down in the fourth round of the French Open.
PARIS: Women’s top seed Iga Swiatek took her winning streak to 32 matches in the fourth round of the French Open on Monday, while men's world number two Daniil Medvedev and fourth-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas crashed out.
American Jessica Pegula fought back to defeat 63rd-ranked Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 4-6 6-2 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open for the first time.
Faced with her first major test of the French Open tournament she is so heavily favoured to win, Iga Swiatek embraced the pressure that could have easily consumed her and recovered from a set down to defeat Zheng Qinwen 6-7(5), 6-0, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals.
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek overcame a huge scare to beat Qinwen Zheng in the French Open fourth round and take her winning run to 32 matches.
Jessica Pegula came back from a set down to beat Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu and reach her second straight Grand Slam quarter-final on Monday. American 11th seed Pegula battled to a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory to set up a meeting with either world number one Iga Swiatek or Chinese youngster Zheng Qinwen.
Veronika Kudermetova reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Madison Keys, ending the chances of four American women reaching the last eight at the French Open for the first time in two decades.
Order of play on the main show courts on the ninth day of the French Open on Monday (times in GMT, prefix number denotes seeding):