Iga Swiatek wins against Varvara Gracheva 6-0 6-7(8) 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Swiatek will fight against Marta Kostyuk in the 3^rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

At the end of the match, Iga scored 100 points vs. Gracheva’s 68.

Swiatek

The Pole won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 44% (7/16) of the procured opportunities.

Gracheva

On the other side, the French player didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Gracheva is 2-0 for Iga.

Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Marta Kostyuk – stats

Swiatek will play Kostyuk in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Iga Swiatek and Marta Kostyuk square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Swiatek , 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Swiatek won 6-2 6-1 in the semifinal in Indian Wells back in March 2024.

There was not much story in this set as Iga conceded no games to the French player before winning the set 6-0.

Iga failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 0.

The Pole converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4^th (3-0 0-40) and the 6^th game (5-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Swiatek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 37 points. The Pole was the one to win the set after conquering 21 points more than Gracheva (29-8). Swiatek lost 5 points on serve (17-5). In addition, on the other side, Gracheva conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).

Gracheva clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, The French player broke back in the 9^th (4-5) game to conquer the set 7-6.

The French player was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 9^th game (3-5 0-40). On the other side, Iga was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4^th (2-1 0-40), the 8^th (5-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12^th game (6-5 30-40).

They played 89 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Varvara won just 1 point more than the Pole (45-44). Gracheva surrendered 19 points on serve (28-19). On the other side, Swiatek conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).

Iga was too good for the French player and without struggling too much she won 6-2. The French player broke Swiatek 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game. However, Swiatek broke her opponent in the 4^th (2-2) game, but that didn’t stop her to conquer the set (6-2).

Varvara was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Iga converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 5^th (2-2 40-A) and the 7^th game (4-2 30-40). In addition on the other side, Gracheva converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4^th game (1-2 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 41 points. Iga was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Gracheva (28-13). The Pole surrendered 7 points on serve (15-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 13 points on serve (6-13)

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