WTA Madrid: Swiatek "Sweet Revenge" Ella, will fight Noskova

In Madrid's Women's Singles, defending champion and No.2 seed Swiatek will face the tournament's first opponent of the tournament's Filipino teenager Ella, who knocked out the world No.2 in straight sets at last month's WTA1000 Miami. In this match, Swiatek was trapped in too many unforced errors in the first half of the match, lost the first set 4-6, and was broken first in the second set. However, Swiatek then broke back and broke again at the end of the second set to level the set 6-4. In the deciding set, Swiatek finally took the initiative and defeated her opponent 6-1 to achieve "sweet revenge". Swiatek will next face 31st seed Noskova, who defeated qualifier Carlis from Argentina 7-5, 6-1 in the second round.

Swiatek

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Swiatek said after the race that the conditions in Madrid this year were a little different from when she won last year: "The weather is different this year and I think the temperature is about 10 degrees higher, so it will be a little bit different. I think my topspin is going to be effective here, where the court is fast, but the ball bounces very slowly, unlike traditional clay courts. I feel like you need to be clever with your tactics, sometimes with spin, sometimes with a flat shot, to get the ball faster, and I'm going to try to balance that in the next games. ”

Results of other WTA matches:

[7] Andreeva 6-3, 6-4 Bouzkova

[27] Freich 5-7/7-6(2)/6-4 Bosas

[18] Samsonova 6-4, 6-4 Dolehide

[Q] Starodubtseva 7-6(5)/6-4 Kocciaretto[L]

[16] Maya 2-6/6-3/6-1 Pera [L]

Bencic 7-5, 7-5 Towson

Ang Lee 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Fernandes[25]

[4] Gauff 0-6/6-2/7-5 Yastremska

[5] Case 6-4, 6-3 Blonzetti

[30] Karinskaya 7-6(4)/6-4 Parry[Q]

[19] Vekic 6-4, 6-3 Baptiste[W]

[11] Navarro 7-5/7-5 Jont[Q]

[13] Schneider 6-1, 6-2 Volynets

Sevastova 7-6(2), 6-2 Ostapenko[23]

In the Women's Doubles matchup, Xu Yifan/N. Kichenok swept past Panova/Stora 6-0, 6-3 to reach the second round. China's Wang Xinyu/Zheng Saisai will face Maya/Sigmund in Match 8 at 20:00 Beijing time tonight.

Zheng Qinwen was interviewed before the game

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Today, the ATP/WTA Madrid will continue with the second round of singles. Zheng will make her debut in the third match at the Stadio Sanchez Vicario against Potapova and is scheduled to kick off at 21:00 GMT. In an interview before the game, Zheng Qinwen said: "I feel good at the moment, every time I come to Madrid before, I always have a little bit of an injury, this time I came to prepare for the Madrid tournament in advance and hope to have a better performance in this stop, as far as I am concerned, I like this tournament in Madrid very much." ”

Previously, Zheng Qinwen posted a group photo of the team on her personal social media, and she revealed that the team that came to Madrid this time was very complete. Regarding the elbow injury, Zheng Qinwen said that because she has been in the high-intensity competition, it is difficult to fully recover to no pain at all, and she does need protective gear to help protect her, but in fact, it has not had such a big impact on her now.

(Text and editor: Dato)