PARIS: Defending champion Iga Swiatek overcame a sluggish start to book her place in the last 16 of the French Open with a 7-6 6-0 victory over Estonian Anna Kontaveit on Saturday.
The start of her match against 30th seed Kontaveit, against whom she had lost her two previous encounters, reminded her that there would be no room for complacency."She was playing really fast, from the beginning, she was dominating, so I kind of had a late start today," said Swiatek, who has now won 20 straight sets at Roland Garros.
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