Iga Sviatek (1 WTA) reached the 1/8 finals of the tournament in Bad Homburg, defeating Tatiana Maria (58 WTA) with a score of 5-7, 6-2, 6-0.
Tetyana Maria, defeat by Iga Svyatek at the WTA in Bad Homburg
The world leader had a difficult start to the match at the WTA 250 tournament in Germany.
In front of her own fans, Tetiana Maria played a great first set, although she started 0-2 down and looked like she could spring a big surprise.
The second set, however, was completely controlled by Iga, who also took advantage of the German’s two broken serves.
In the decisive set, the Polish woman passed, did not give any chance to Tatyana Maria and qualified for the next round in one hour and 54 minutes.
In the 1/8 finals, the main favorite of the tournament, Iga Sviatek, will meet the Swiss Jill Teichmann (129 WTA), who arrived from the qualification.
The Bad Homburg Open is the third edition of the WTA 250 grass court. The first two were won by Angelique Kerber (2021) and Caroline Garcia (2022).
Source: Hot News
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