Polish’s Iga Swiatlek (AP Photo/Christophe Enna) The champion Iga Swiatlek advanced to the French Open on Sunday after defeating Elena Rybakin in a hard match in Roland Garros. The Polish player exceeded the first set of the loss and won 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 in two hours and 29 minutes at Court Philippe Chatrier.The Roland Garros four -time champion will face Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinals after the Ukrainian victory over last year’s finalist Jasmine Paolini.Swiatlek’s way to victory was difficult because the set found itself and disintegrated against the 12. This match came in the middle of the turbulent season 2025 for Swiato, after the early exits in Madrid and Italian.“Well, it was hard, you know, for the first time I felt like I was playing against Jannik Sinner. I had to do something to get back to the game, but I didn’t feel like I had a lot of hope,” Swiatus said.
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Rybakina dominated the first set and brought the commanding lead 5-0 before Swiato managed to win his first game. The fifth pole then showed resistance in the second set, although he was broken in the opening game.The turnover point came in the fifth game of the second set, where Swiato held, despite a few double disorders. Then she broke Rybakina for making love in the next game and continued to win the set.Quiz: Who is the IPL player?The third set saw that the Break Swiatle serves in the seventh game, but the double disorders allowed the fishing to balance the score. In 5-5, Swietek secured another break before the match.The victory described Swiatek’s first victory against Rybakina in clay courts and improved their record in their heads for 5-4 in favor of the pole.The match showed the determination of Swiatek from defending his title and last year, Roland Garros won as part of the heights of the clay court, which contained victory in Madrid and Rome.
