Swiatek saves two match points and beats Bencic

Polish woman Iga Swiatek was saved from being burned and picked up two match points to defeat the Swiss belinda benčićin the Wimbledon round of 16, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2) and 6-2, to enter the top eight at the tournament for the first time in his life.

Swiatek, number one in the world, he had to fight for three hours and four minutes to give the Swiss an advantagewho held the match in her hands in the second set, when the Polish service had two match points.

was Swiatek’s toughest match in this Wimbledon and the first in his career with two undecidedwhich speaks of the supremacy of the best tennis player on the planet.

The Pole lost the first set after two set points and had to deactivate two match points that the Olympic winner had in the second, one with a practically winning forehand and the other with an unstoppable backhand. After the scare ended, the match became much friendlier for Swiatek, who barely gave him an option in the second tiebreak and cruised through in the third set.

With this victory, Swiatek reaches the quarterfinals of Wimbledon for the first time in his sports career and will face Elina Svitolinawho led the mothers’ duel against the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 2-6, 6-4 and 7-6 (9).

Ukrainian woman, who gave birth to her first child at the end of 2022. raised set ia break fell and the game was decided in an agonizing super tiebreak in which he came back from 7-4 against.