Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina joined Swiatek in the last 16 with a 6-3 6-4 win over Dayana Yastremska, but only after receiving treatment on her back, while eighth seed Emma Navarro and ninth seed Daria Kasatkina also advanced.
Emma Raducanu suffers the joint-heaviest defeat of her career as second seed Iga Swiatek demonstrates her superiority at the Australian Open.
Here are three questions after Iga Swiatek needed just an hour to advance to the third round of the. She'll face a familiar foe next.
Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu on Saturday in the only Australian Open women's third-round match between two
MELBOURNE — Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu Saturday in the only Australian Open women’s third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions — if you thought that meant it would be close, you’d have been rather wrong — that this was how she described it:
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The representative of Armenia Elina Avanesyan moved up 3 lines and for the first time in her career ranks 41st. The top 10 included Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus), Iga Świątek (Poland), Corey Gauff (USA),
Sabalenka claimed consecutive Australian Open crowns when she beat Qinwen Zheng in the 2024 final. After a thrilling decider against Elena Rybakina the year prior, it was more straightforward on this occasion, with the Belarusian winning 6-3 6-2.
Second seed Iga Swiatek charged into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-1 6-0 humbling of Emma Raducanu in a meeting of former U.S. Open champions at a sunny Melbourne Park on Saturday.
Poland’s Iga Swiatek cruises past Emma Raducanu in straight sets in battle of former Grand Slam winners in Melbourne.