“I’m pretty happy with my performance,” First matches of the season are always rusty. I was happy that in the important moments I was really composed,” Swiatek was quoted as saying by the WTA Tour website.
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Polland’s star tennis player Iga Swiatek embarked on the new tennis season with a convincing win in the United Cup tennis tournament on Saturday. The world number 1 dominated the entire proceeds of the match as it ended in a comfortable victory for Poland against Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva.
Swiatek defeated the world number 2 Putintseva by 6-1, 6-3, giving Poland a 1-0 lead over Kazakhstan in the maiden edition of the mixed team competition that is currently being played in three cities of Australia namely Perth, Brisbane and Sydney.
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“I’m pretty happy with my performance,” First matches of the season are always rusty. I was happy that in the important moments I was really composed,” Swiatek was quoted as saying by the WTA Tour website.
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After a comfortable win against Putintseva, the head-to-head stats of Swiatek and Yulia are extended to 2-0. The United Cup is a new mixed team event that features a total of 18 nations, it is played for over 2 days. Ties in this tournament consist of 2 ATP and 2 WTA singles matches and also 1 mixed-doubles match.
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