The one from Manacor was winning 5-4 in the first set when the match had to be stopped due to precipitation
Swiatek knocked out Stephens and broke the 50-win barrier in 2022
The rain interrupted this Wednesday the game of Rafael Nadal against croat Borna Coric at the Masters 1,000 in Cincinnati, in the match that marks the return of the Spaniard after the injury suffered at Wimbledon. Nadal was winning 5-4 in the first set with Coric on serve when heavy rain hit center court at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, prompting the immediate suspension of the match. It had been 43 minutes since the start of the game, and so far it had been a sunny day in Cincinnati.
The central, which returned to receive Rafa Nadal five years after his last participation, quickly emptied. Nadal’s match is the penultimate of the center’s program, which will be completed with the match between the Spanish Paula Badosa against the Australian Ajla Tomljanovic.
Swiatek reaches 50 wins
the polish Iga Swiateknumber one in the WTA ranking, beat him this Wednesday by 6-4 and 7-5 to the american Sloane Stephens and added his 50th victory in an extraordinary season, in which he has already won six titles. Swiatek left behind the early elimination suffered in Toronto, the work of the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, and triumphed against Stephens to stand in the round of 16, in which she will face the American Madison Keys or the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.
The Pole, who faces a tournament as the first favorite for the eighth time, is fighting this week for her seventh title of the year, numbers that have not been recorded since 2014, with the American Serena Williams as the protagonist. In this campaign, Swiatek conquered Roland Garros, Rome, Stuttgart, Miami, Indian Wells and Doha.
The tournament lost to the Romanian Simona Halepwho withdrew due to injury before facing the Russian Veronika Kudermetova. Thus, Kudermetova is already in the round of 16, in which she will play against the winner of the duel between the Spanish Paula Badosa and the Australian Ajla Tomlianovic.
On the men’s circuit, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas debuted with a solid 6-3 and 6-4 to Serbian Filip Krajnović and will play the round of 16 with the Argentine Diego Schwartzman. The Australian said goodbye Nick Kyrgiosrecent champion in Washington, who was outclassed with an authoritarian 6-3 and 6-2 by the american TaylorFritz, champion this year in Indian Wells. The Canadian advanced Denis Shapovalovwho came back from 1-4 in the second quarter and won by 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3 to the american tommy paul to meet Russian Daniil Medvedev in the round of 16.