Swiatek, who misplaced to Cornet, 6-4 6-2, within the third spherical match, began gradual within the opening set dropping the primary three video games earlier than battling again and taking the subsequent two. The 2 would break up the subsequent 4 video games, however Cornet would ultimately win the set.
Within the second set, momentum appeared to have shifted as 21-year-old Swiatek jumped out to a 2-0 lead, however Cornet rapidly took again management profitable the subsequent six video games to shut out the match.
“Actually, yeah often I’m exhausting on myself. Right here, I understand how I felt earlier than matches, I understand how I felt after I was training. Let’s simply say that I did not really feel like I am in the most effective form, so I am sort of conscious that this might occur,” Swiatek stated on the win streak after the match.
The Polish two-time grand slam champion’s 37-match win streak, courting again to February, tied for the longest since Martina Hingis in 1997.
“I’ve no phrases proper now, It jogs my memory of the time I beat Serena on the identical court docket, eight years in the past precisely. This court docket is a fortunate attraction for me,” Cornet stated after the win.
In 2014, the Frenchwoman defeated then No. 1 Serena Williams at Courtroom One to advance to her first profession Spherical of 16 of the grand slam. With the victory, Cornet improves to 4-3 in her profession in opposition to world no. 1’s
Competing in her WTA record-equaling 62nd consecutive main, Cornet will subsequent play in opposition to Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic Monday.
In Tuesday’s video games on Centre Courtroom, Swiatek recorded her thirty sixth consecutive win by beating Jana Fett 6-0 6-3. She dominated the primary set in opposition to Fett in her first match because the French Open, however needed to overcome a tricky interval within the second when Fett got here near securing a double break.
The highest seed recovered from the shaky begin to the set and rattled off 5 video games in a row, rising her profitable run to 36 matches.
