The Polish tennis player achieves her first important victory in her time in Tokyo. Swiatek manages to maintain a good rhythm throughout, so she ends up beating Mai Hontama in two sets (6-4, 7-5) after 2h03min of the match.
Iga Swiatek faced the first of the matches corresponding to a new edition of a WTA tournament in the city of Tokyo in this month of September 2023. She did so after making her debut in the women’s final draw, where she would have to compete in the round of 16 against the Japanese racket Mai Hontama. The Polish player came to this match after having fallen in the round of 16 of the US Open against Jelena Ostapenko. For her part, the tennis player from Latvia came to this match after having done the same previously against Nao Hibino, as well as an immaculate previous phase. Inside of the head to head There is only one precedent between both tennis playersand it was the one that took place in 2016. On that occasion the European racket would win.
Iga Swiatek starts the match with suffering
The match started strong for Iga Swiatek. The Polish player won the first game of the match. Mai Hontama would immediately respond, who had four consecutive games with a double break in her favor. However, the current number two in the world would manage to turn the luminous. With a streak of five consecutive games, with triple breaks, Swiatek took advantage of his only set point. The 6-4 prevailed on the European side.
A victory with a lot of suffering
For the start of the second set it would now be Mai Hontama. The Japanese player won the first game of the match, with a break in her favor. Iga Swiatek would respond immediately, taking advantage of a streak of four consecutive games with a double break. Hontama was not feeling comfortable, something that her rival would not hesitate to take advantage of. Despite dominating with 5-1 in the light, break added, Swiatek would see how his rival sought to equalize forces with a double break and 5-5 on the scoreboard. Finally, and after a crucial break in his favor, Swiatek needed two match points to leave a 7-5 in his favor. This confirmed his pass to the next round of the Japan tournament.
2023-09-27 10:21:33
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