Barty’s victory over Zidansek made it 13 matches unbeaten for her on red clay. ― Reuters p[icMADRID, May 2 — The last two women’s French Open champions will meet at the Madrid Open after Ashleigh Barty and Iga Swiatek both made it through to the third round on Saturday.
Barty won her first and to date only Grand Slam singles title at Roland Garros in 2019 before Swiatek sprung an even bigger surprise last year in Paris, after knocking out the 2018 champion Simona Halep. “It’s a challenge that we go into with a clean slate, a little bit of a period of trying to figure each other out and how our games match up.”
The 19-year-old Swiatek said she admires Barty’s brave decision to take two years away from tennis as a teenager. The number one seed is bidding to win her fourth WTA title this year in Madrid, after already succeeding in Stuttgart, Miami and at the Yarra Valley Classic in Melbourne. Zidansek was more aggressive in the second and broke twice, the second time for 5-1 with a stinging backhand down the line.
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