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World No. 1 Iga Swiatek moved into the fourth spherical of the U.S. Open, defeating her shut good friend Kaja Juvan of Slovenia 6-0, 6-1 on Friday in New York.
For Swiatek, the 49-minute match was her tenth straight win on the event. The defending champion, she is in search of her fifth Grand Slam title after profitable the French Open earlier this yr.
The 22-year-old from Poland was dominant on Friday, tallying 21 winners in opposition to 5 unforced errors. Juvan, then again, hit simply two winners and compiled 12 unforced errors.
“I did not like the very fact I used to be form of profitable in opposition to my greatest good friend,” Swiatek stated in an on-court interview after the match. “Taking part in her is like enjoying a sister. … I haven’t got many associates however she’s my greatest good friend.”
Swiatek grew to become the youngest lady to succeed in the Spherical of 16 for the third consecutive time since Caroline Wozniacki reached 4 straight from 2008 to 2011.
Subsequent on the docket for Swiatek, with a berth within the quarterfinals on the road, is No. 20 seed Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 winner over American Bernarda Pera.
Earlier Friday, No. 10 Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic eradicated one other American, Taylor Townsend, 7-6 (0), 6-3.
“The match was form of what I anticipated. Difficult one,” Muchova stated. “Taylor, I feel, performed actually, actually nice from the beginning. The primary set was very robust, very shut. I am glad I refocused very properly for the tiebreak, and I feel I performed properly there. As properly, I felt begin of the second set it was somewhat bit extra in my arms.”
Ready for Muchova within the fourth is unseeded Xinyu Wang of China, who defeated Slovakian Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Wang transformed 5 of 10 break alternatives and staved off 9 of 11 on her serve.
—Subject Degree Media
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