US Open – IGA Sviajtek reaches 3. Round to extend a large stripe

When it comes to Iga Sviajtek Achieving the third round of the major, maybe it is to put it in the ink.

Sviolik, seeds no. 2 From Poland, he fought Thursday, but he got the world no. 66 Susan Lamens Netherlands, 6-1, 4-6.

She is the only player on men or women’s tour to achieve this in that time frame.

The last time it managed to reach the third round in the Grand Slam event, opened in 2019, when she lost in the second round Anastasia Sevastova. Over the past 30 years, the only women with a longer line of third circles appeared on Major Serena Williams (45 straight, 1998-2012) and Amelie Mauresmo (24 straight, 2001-08).

Swiajtek made the first set of first set, hitting nine winners and two ASAs. However, it rushed in another with 12 immense errors and two double mistakes against Lamens, who first faced the VTA TOP-5 player in its career.

In the last set, Sviajnek broke the Lamens on the road to 3-1 lead. Hurlands, however, withdrew, retreated at 5-4 before Swiaik sealed the match with a knot.

Following her semifinal loss at the French open at the beginning of this year, Sviajtek has since won 19 years in the last 21 matches. This stripe includes its first tribbon finals in Bad Harburg, winning its sixth Grand Slam title on Wimbledon, and then roll over to Cincinnati without dropping the set.

In other early women’s Single shares on Thursday, no. 13 Seeds Ekaterina alekandrovaBr. 18 Beatriz Haddad Maia and no. 23 Naomi Osaka They all won in the right sets.

The ESPN research contributed to this report.