Iga Swiatek lived up to her role as favorite in the second round of the Wimbledon grass classic on Wednesday. The world number one from Poland clearly defeated the Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo 6:2 6:0 in just 70 minutes.
“I feel good and happy, which doesn’t often happen in Wimbledon,” said the Polish French Open winner afterwards. “I’ve learned a lot and can now adapt my game to the pitch.”
Swiatek continued without dropping a set
Also Djokovic without dropping a set
Defending champion Novak Djokovic had a little more trouble than Swiatek, but also didn’t lose a set. The Serb won against the Australian Jordan Thompson 6:3 7:6 (7/4) 7:5 and celebrated his 350th victory. Djokovic is the third tennis star after Roger Federer and Serena Williams to reach this mark.
Djokovic, who is number two at Wimbledon, successfully continued his record hunt. Should the 36-year-old successfully defend his title, he would draw level with the Swiss Roger Federer with his eighth triumph on the “holy turf”.
“At this stage of my career and at my age, it’s a huge privilege to play here on center court,” said Djokovic after the game, which he won in 2:28 hours. The third-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev previously won his opening game against Brit Arthur Frey 7-5 6-4 6-3.
Sakkari already eliminated
Darja Kasatkina was even ten minutes faster than Swiatek in her second round game. The Russian won against the British Jodie Burrage 6:0 6:2. For the number eight seeded Greek Maria Sakkari, however, it was already over in the first round, she lost to the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk 6:0 5:7 2:6.
The rain again played a major role. 21 games scheduled for Wednesday were postponed, including those of Andrei Rublev, Alexander Zverev and Sofia Kenin.
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