PARIS: Defending champion Iga Swiatek wasted no time hitting the French Open next round since she sent an ominous message to her name competitions with a crushing 6-1 6-1 defeat of Rebecca Peterson on Thursday.
The 20-year-old needed just 61 moments to overpower Peterson, the only Swede at the women’s draw.
Swiatek, that shot Roland Garros by storm last October to become the very first Polish participant to win a Grand Slam singles title, headed 5-0 in the two places in a prominent show.
A dip in temperature Court Simonne-Mathieu plus a couple drops of rain couldn’t slow Swiatek’s assault as she put up a conflict with 30th seed Anett Kontaveit who like both impressing in thrashing Kristina Mladenovic.