With a win against seed #11 jessica pegula World No. 1 in the quarterfinals of the French Open on Wednesday Iga Swiatek extended his undefeated streak to 33 games. Swiatek, 21, reached the semi-finals of the French Open for the second time in her career after beating American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-2 in Paris.
Swiatek’s victory also makes him the sole holder of third place on the longest WTA winning streak of the century, and shares 32 with Justine Henin’s effort in 2007-08.
Anyway, during a game-changing five-game run, Iga Swiatek took advantage of the referee’s call without a double bounce, which gave him a crucial service break in the first set.
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“I’m sorry if there were two bounces” – Iga Swiatek
During the quarterfinal win jessica pegula At the French Open, Iga Swiatek took advantage of a missed double jump at a crucial point. Swiatek and Pegula broke down in their first serve game, but world No.1 forced two more border points to share the first six games. Swiatek ran to chase his American opponent’s backhand hit and sent it back over the net to steal the point.
Pegula took a curious glance back towards the player’s booth, but made no objections to head referee Emmanuel Joseph. However, television replays revealed that the ball bounced a second time before Swiatek reached him on the slide.
“This is not a ‘up’” Commenting for Eurosport is Jo Durie, former British No. 1 and 1983 French Open semi-finalist. “I’ve never noticed that, so I don’t know how the referee should have noticed when looking down. It’s very difficult.”
After the match, Iga Swiatek issued an apology for her action, making it very clear that she was not intentional. “I’m trying to reach every ball” said Swiatek. “I’m sorry if there were two bounces, but at that point, I was so focused on getting the ball and getting the point that I just advanced.”
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