by The defending champion Madrid Open Champion Iga Swiatek survived a horror on Thursday to defeat the aspiring teen star Alexandra Eala with 4: 6, 6: 4 and 6: 2 and to reach the third round in the Spanish capital.
The 19-year-old Filipina, who defeated Swiatek in March in a shock run for the Miami Open semi-final, claimed the first set when number two in the world fought.
Swiadek, who was under her best this season, found her rhythm in the second set and finally died Eala, who was ease 72 in third place.
“It was not easy to get into the rhythm and the right timing, and I am glad that I was only patient,” said Swiatek to Spanish broadcast TV.
“I always love to play here, I have certainly been proud of my appearances in the past two years.”
Eala broke Swiatek in the first game and produced two fights in her first two service games to save two Break points each when the Pole was looking for a way back.
The exciting Filipina saved another break point in the sixth game before broke Swiatek to love a 5-2 lead in the Madrid sun.
Clay Court’s expert, Swiatek, recovered a break, but Eala was able to train its advantage and conquered her third setpoint when the five-time Grand Slam champion sent a backhand length.
Swiatek only converted one of six fragments for the first set against the resilient Eala, both of which won.
The teenager broke out again in the first game of the second movement, but this time Swiatek, who has four French Open titles, was able to react immediately.
When Eala broke through again for a 3-2 lead, Swiatek followed the example to get back on serving, with the poles increasing its level towards the end of the second set.
She broke in the 10th game for Love Love to force and enforce a crucial set to secure the breaks in the second and sixth games.
Eala ran a break and saved a match point when Swiatek receded a backhand, but finally the reigning champion triumphed when the teenager went for a long time.
“I felt that I made too many mistakes of everything, so there was no specific adaptation (I had to make),” Swiatek told reporters.
“Surely I wanted to keep my margins and play a little more safer to just play more balls because I made some casual mistakes that were not really necessary.”
Swiatek meets the Czech Linda Noskova in the third round.
– Gauff, key through –
In other games, Anastasija Sevastova 2017 French Open winner and Latvian compatriot Jelena Ostapenko 7-6 (7/2), 6-2. Ostapenko defeated Swiatek in the quarter -finals of Stuttgart last week.
The Australian Open Master Madison Keys, the fifth and Lucia Bronzetti 6: 4, 6: 3 defeated the third round in which she will compete against Anna Kalinskaya.
The fourth seed Coco Gauff scratched past Dayana Yastremska 0-6, 6-2, 7-5.
In the third set, Gauff spurned three match points 5: 4 and then collected a break while serving for the sentence.
Yastremska could not use her serve when Gauff broke for 6: 5 and for the fourth time the 21-year-old to win the 21-year-old on her serve.
The 2023 US Open winner will take over in the third round against American Ann Li.
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