After playing one match yesterday at the 2023 Poland Open, Iga Swiatek stepped out to play another one, but she finished it one day later on Sunday.
Iga Swiatek was supposed to be only one match away from fulfilling her
dream of winning a WTA trophy on native soil yesterday, but she couldn't finish the match in the way she wanted to. The Polish player saw her
Friday match pushed back to Saturday because of bad weather, which is why she had to play two matches on Saturday. It's going to be the same thing today, as she will play in the final later.
The first one earlier yesterday was won comfortably by Swiatek, sending her into the semi-final against Yanina Wickmayer, and the Belgian proved to be no match for a good part of that match. The first set was a relatively quick one at 37 minutes.
It was very impressive from Swiatek as she didn't allow her opponent to win a single service game breaking her three times while getting broken once herself and winning the set 6-1. For the most part, she simply overwhelmed Wickmayer from the baseline, which is hard to do as the Belgian can hit herself.
The second set opened well for both players as both Swiatek and her opponent had early break points. Neither was able to get the breakthrough until the Polish number one finally broke for the 3-2 lead in the second set.
She continued playing well, getting to a 5-2 lead with a chance to close out the match, but she didn't get it, as she got broken easily. Wickmayer then saved three match points on her own serve to make it 5-4 and then broke Swiatek once more for the 5-5 scoreline.
The unthinkable happened as Swiatek's match was postponed to today because of darkness which was very annoying considering that she wasted match points and was seconds away from not having to play two matches in a day again. Ultimately she did as they returned today, playing two more games to set up the tiebreak in which Swiatek proved better. The final score was 6-1, 7-6(6), and Swiatek will now focus on the final match against Laura Siegemund.
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