Iga Swiatek handed shock defeat in ultimate as Barbora Krejcikova wins Dubai Tennis Championships

Dubai Tennis Championships: World No.1 Iga Swiatek misplaced to Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova 4-6, 2-6 within the ultimate on Saturday at Centre Court.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 25, 2023 22:57 IST

Swiatek handed shock defeat in ultimate as Krejcikova wins Dubai Tennis Championships. Courtesy: AP

By Sabyasachi Chowdhury: World No.1 Iga Swiatek did not put in a lot of a struggle within the ultimate of the Dubai Tennis Championships towards Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova. The 21-year-old Swiatek misplaced 4-6, 2-6 in simply over an hour and half-hour at Centre Court.

Krejcikova, who’s at present the Thirtieth-ranked singles participant on the WTA tour, carried her dream run within the match. The 2021 French Open champion went into the ultimate after beating three gamers within the prime 10 of the WTA Rankings, Daria Kasatkina, 2023 Australian Open ladies’s singles champion Aryna Sabalenka and World No.3 Jessica Pegula.

Beating Swiatek was anticipated to pose just a few challenges for the reason that latter got here into the championship after profitable the Qatar Open earlier this month. Swiatek had the higher of Coco Gauff in straight units within the semis.

The first set of the match between Swiatek and Krejcikova was about breaks of serve. Swiatek earned two of them, however her opponent went one step forward to bag three and shut out the opening set.

After combating arduous within the first set, Swiatek misplaced numerous rhythm within the second. She had 4 possibilities of breaking Krejcikova’s serve, however she did not convert even one. Krejcikova, then again, earned two breaks of serve and didn’t let Swiatek get a foothold again into the competition.

Swiatek faltered huge time along with her second serves as she gained solely 23.5 % factors (4 out of 17) from them. The proven fact that she made three double faults confirmed how nervous she was along with her second serves.

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Feb 25, 2023