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Tennis: Poland’s Świątek into second round of Wimbledon

03.07.2023 19:30
Poland’s Iga Świątek has moved into the second round of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London.
Iga Świątek
Iga ŚwiątekPAP/EPA / ADAM VAUGHAN

The Polish star on Monday beat China's Lin Zhu 6-1, 6-3 in the first round of the women's singles at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament in the British capital.

Świątek, who is ranked world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), will next face Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo.

The Polish player on Monday started her 66th week at the top of the WTA world rankings, with a 924-point lead over second-placed Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.

Świątek at the end of last month withdrew from the Bad Homburg Open tournament in Germany due to illness.

Earlier in June, the Pole won the French Open for the third time after defeating Karolína Muchová of the Czech Republic in the final to claim her 14th career singles title.

The 22-year-old, coached by countryman Tomasz Wiktorowski, in April last year took over as the new number one in women's tennis, becoming the first Pole to top the world rankings.

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Source: Polsat Sport, IAR, PAP, wtatennis.com