Why Osaka won a historic victory over Swiatek at Roland Garros

Despite giving them a 6-1 lead in the second set, they led 5-2 in the third and had match pointJapanese tennis player Naomi Osaka (134th) was unable to complete the match and ended the match caressing the historical triumph this Wednesday before going to bed Iga Swiatek (1st place), won with a score of 7-6, 1-6 and 7-5 in second round from Roland Garros.

Returning to the top level this season, the former world number one, who became a first-time mother last July, has achieved interesting performancesgoing down to the Ukrainians Elina Svitolina (19th place) in Miami and Marta Kostyuk (20th place) in Rome, where she also surprised by defeating the Russian Daria Kasatkina (13th place) before his fall against China’s Qinwen Zheng (8th place) in the round of 16.

Consequently, a four-time Grand Slam champion – a category in which she appeared in the main draw for the 25th time, which haven’t had a top 10 finish since 2020when she defeated retired Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens (9th place), He was flirting with his third victory over the leader of the organizationafter defeating the Romanian Simona Halepin Indian Wells in 2018 and in Australia Ashleigh Bartyin Beijing 2019.

However, student Vima Fissetta touched another incredible mark because eventual success would guarantee her a place in the sports books as the best first player outside the top 100 to knock out a Warsaw native at a majorwhich records 100% efficiency after 20 victories.

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