Iga Swiatek beat Iva Jovic in the round of 16 at the WTA 1000 event in Beijing, 6-1, 6-3. The Polish player, seeded eighth, overcame her opponent from the United States, who was seeded 10th, and advanced to the next round. This is reported by api.tennis.
The first set decided a lot
In the first set, Jovic won one game, in the second three. Swiatek did not drop a set, although in the previous round she had to play three: against Donna Vekic she lost the opening set, then won the second in a tiebreak, 7-6(0), and took the decider, 6-2.
Swiatek's run in Beijing began with a win over Xinyu Gao, 6-2, 6-3. Before this meeting, Jovic had beaten Harriet Dart, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, and then Kamilla Rakhimova, 6-1, 7-5. Before Beijing, the American won the WTA 500 event in Guadalajara: in the final, she beat Peyton Stearns, 6-4, 6-2.
According to rank.tennis, Swiatek is No. 9 in the rankings with 3999 points. Jovic is No. 11 with 2860 points. In their head-to-head meetings, according to api.tennis, Swiatek leads 1:0.