Iga Switak learned that everyone else feels after being served ‘Bagel’ set Madison keys at Madrid openBefore you return to win 0-6 6-3 6-2 and reach the semifinals.
Swiatk’s tendency to win unilateral sets, especially on its preferred surface of clay, has led to the consisting of the ‘IGA bakery’ – with a four-speed French open champion routinely winning matches in recent years.
But the script overturned during his Madrid of the open quarter against the Australian Open Champion keys on Wednesday, and the American breaking of Switers took the lead three times 6-0.
The excellent Swiatk went off the field, but returned to her game and mounted return, with a Polish player who can laugh at the other end of a unilateral Boceline after that.
“Well … Not good,” Switik said when he asked about being “Bagelized” during her court interview. “The bar is fast as you know. It’s the only positive thing. But stay in court and it’s 0-6 … it’s weird.”
According to Opti, Switik won a bagel for almost 30 percent of his matches 2023. – What was significantly higher than the rest of the WTA. But against the keys, a set of 0-6 from 2021 was falling for the first time. Years.
Swiatk also became only another player in 40 years to recover from 0-6 set against the first fifth opponent, according to the opti, joining Steffi Graf.
Swiatk will play or Coco Gauff or Mirru Andreeva in the semifinals, with a rematch last year’s finals against the world no. 1 Aryna Sabalenka is still a possibility.