It took World No.1 Iga Swiatek a little time on Monday to acclimate to the grass under her feet in the first round of the Bad Homburg Open. But only a set. | Reuters
Poland’s Iga Swiatek celebrates winning the first set against Czech Republic’s Karolina Muchova during their women’s singles final match on day fourteen of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament at the Court Philippe-Chatrier in Paris on June 10, 2023.
It took World No.1 Iga Swiatek a little time on Monday to acclimate to the grass under her feet in the first round of the Bad Homburg Open. But only a set. Swiatek, who won the French Open on the clay courts in Paris earlier this month, won her first grass-court match of the season against 2022 Wimbledon semifinalist Tatjana Maria 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 in Bad Homburg, Germany. Swiatek now has a 36-6 record this season.Swiatek has yet to win a WTA tournament on grass, and she hasn’t made it past the Round of 16 on the grass courts in London. In the next round, she will face Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann, who beat American Claire Liu in three sets.
Other seeded players to advance were No. 4 Mayar Sherif of Egypt, a three-sets winner over German Anna-Lena Friedsam; No. 5 Bianca Andreescu of Canada, who eliminated Great Britain’s Sonay Kartal, also in three sets; and No. 8 Varvara Gracheva of Russia, who topped Romanian Jaqueline Cristian in straight sets.
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