“Iga Swontek came out to its 20th semi-finals of the “Thousand””, – WRITE: Sport.ua
However, the Polish tennis player was unable to win a single game in the starting set of a quarterfinal match against American Madison Khiz.
Having lost the first set of high, Sventtek found herself in a similar situation for the first time in almost four years. This was the last time in 2021 at the grass tournament in Eastborne against Daria Kasatkina. After that, there was a series of 625 completed sets without a single defeat with a score of 0: 6.
On the basis, similar to it occurred in 2019, when she gave way to Simoni Halep on Rolan Harros – 1: 6, 0: 6.
– You have “hanged bagels” many times in the last few years. How is it – to be on the other side?
– Well … not very. Unless it is fast. This is the only thing that pleases. But to be on the court when you hang a bagel – a strange feeling.
In the first set, the quarterfinal match made 10 casual mistakes, won only 29% of points on its submission and only 9 draws for the whole set.