For almost five full games at the Paris Olympics, No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek's high-bouncing topspin shots were being sent back over the net by No. 52 Wang Xiyu of China with crushing baseline groundstrokes of her own. (Full Coverage | More Sports News)
Wang even held a break point that would have given her a 3-2 lead in the opening set.
Then Swiatek restored the expected order on Court Philippe Chatrier 바카라 the site of her four French Open titles 바카라 and won four straight games to close out the first set along the way to advancing to the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-4 victory amid stifling conditions on Tuesday.
바카라It's never about only one player,바카라 Swiatek said.
바카라I was aware that she can play great tennis. And I accepted that some points she can really take advantage. But I wanted to really be intense and push in the right moments. Also be patient and not slow down. So I think my intensity worked and in important moments I was the one that was more solid.바카라
In part because of Swiatek's dominance on the red clay at Roland Garros, where the Olympic tennis tournament is being held, the 23-year-old from Poland is favored to add a gold medal to her growing collection of big titles.
Swiatek's quarterfinal opponent will be eighth-seeded American Danielle Collins, who eliminated Camila Osorio of Colombia 6-0, 4-6, 6-3.
Second-ranked Coco Gauff was left fuming over a perceived missed officiating decision in a 7-6 (7), 6-2 loss to Donna Vekic of Croatia.
Angelique Kerber, the 36-year-old German who has won three Grand Slam titles and used to be ranked No. 1, beat 2021 U.S. Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez of Canada 6-4, 6-3 to become the oldest women's quarterfinalist since tennis returned to the Olympics in 1988. Kerber has said the Paris Games will be the final tournament of her career.
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia eliminated Jasmine Paolini 바카라 the Italian who was the runner-up at the French Open and Wimbledon this year 바카라 7-5, 3-6, 7-5.
Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine rallied past seventh-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
바카라I don't have this pressure of points, ranking, money. Whatever there is (on tour) is not here," Kostyuk said. "So here you really come out and play with your heart.바카라
The full women's quarterfinal lineup is: Swiatek vs. Collins, Kerber vs. Zheng Qinwen, Barbora Krejcikova vs. Schmiedlova, and Vekic vs. Kostyuk.
Temperatures in Paris hit 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit), leading organizers to activate the first step of an 바카라extreme weather바카라 protocol, giving athletes in singles matches the chance to request a 10-minute break before third sets.
In men's action, Alexei Popyrin of Australia eliminated three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 7-5.
바카라I think it's probably one of the hottest conditions I've ever played in 바카라 and I'm from Australia, so that's saying something,바카라 Popyrin said.
The 39-year-old Wawrinka is nearing the end of his career but hasn't set a retirement date.
바카라We'll see at the end of the year,바카라 Wawrinka said.
Popyrin next plays Tokyo gold medalist Alexander Zverev of Germany, who beat Tomas Machac 6-3, 7-5.
Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul both advanced. Fritz rallied past Jack Draper of Britain 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-2, and Paul beat 18-year-old Czech player Jakub Mensik 6-3, 6-1.
In doubles, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz advanced into the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-7 (2), 10-2 match tiebreaker victory over Tallon Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands.
Nadal was coming off a loss in singles a day earlier against Novak Djokovic, who is in action Wednesday against Dominik Koepfer.
Andy Murray also won in doubles. He and British partner Dan Evans saved two match points to beat the Belgian pair of Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen 6-3, 6-7 (8), 11-9 after saving two match points.
Murray has announced he will retire after the Olympics.
