French Open 2023: Iga Swiatek hailed as 'ruthless' by Mats Wilander following demolition of Xinyu Wang

Iga Swiatek was hailed as «ruthless» by Eurosport's Mats Wilander following the Pole's double-bagel demolition of Xinyu Wang in the third round of the French Open. Swiatek was on court just 51 minutes to see off her Chinese opponent, and has lost only eight games in her three matches so far at Roland-Garros. Ad Her displays seem to make the world No.

1 the hot favourite for back-to-back titles in Paris, especially as one of her likely rivals later in the event, Elena Rybakina, withdrew on Saturday with a respiratory illness. Roland-Garros'Wow, ruthless' — Reaction to outrageous Swiatek double-bagel victoryAN HOUR AGO Reacting to Swiatek's demolition job was Mats Wilander on Eurosport, and he said: «It’s perfect for her [the win over Wang]. »She pulled out of Rome [during her quarter-final against Rybakina] and had a few days off, and then she got back to practice.

«She doesn’t need a tough match; winning easily 6-0 6-0 is relaxing and her confidence is going to keep growing. »Thank God for Wang it [the double-bagelling] was in the third round. These matches happen often in the first round and you feel awful [after].

Gauff battles back to beat Andreeva in three sets French Open Day 7 live — Fritz in action, Swiatek, Rune and Ruud all through «But hey, she won two matches at the French Open, and that’s amazing. That’ll hurt for Wang, but Iga — wow. Ruthless.» On how Swiatek is approaching matches, Wilander added: «She’s not playing every point like it’s match point, but she’s trying to play great on every point, and there’s a big difference between the two.