[1/4] Aug 12, 2023; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Iga Swiatek (POL) returns the ball against Jessica Pegula (USA) (not pictured) during semi final play at IGA Stadium.
Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing RightsAug 16 (Reuters) - Iga Swiatek made quick work of qualifier Danielle Collins as she raced to a 6-1 6-0 victory on Wednesday to reach the Cincinnati Open third round as third seed Jessica Pegula survived a tough opening match.
World number one Swiatek broke the 29-year-old Collins seven times, faced only two break points and wrapped up a one-sided match in a tidy 59 minutes.
"I feel like I was really solid and I didn't make a lot of unforced errors," Swiatek said in her on-court interview.
Pegula comfortably lost the first-set tiebreak but showed her quality in the second set before racing out to a 3-0 lead in the decider en route to her 27th hardcourt win this year.
Persons:
Iga Swiatek, Jessica Pegula, David Kirouac, Swiatek, Danielle Collins, Collins, Martina Trevisan, Pegula, Marketa Vondrousova, Anastasia Potapova, Daria Kasatkina, Varvara Gracheva, Frank Pingue, Ed Osmond
Organizations:
IGA, Cincinnati, Italian, Wimbledon, Thomson
Locations:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Czech, Russian, Toronto