For Iga Swiatek the win was another step towards keeping the No 1 world ranking.
NEW YORK: World No 1 Iga Swiatek moved into the third round of the US Open on Wednesday but not without a fight, taming feisty Daria Saville, who had warned she had the game to make the defending champion uncomfortable.
Saville, who has only once before beaten a world No 1, seven years ago against Angelique Kerber, got the match off to the best possible start breaking Swiatek at the first opportunity. The two players continued to swap breaks in the second before the Pole went in front to stay with another break at 3-2.
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