{"id":1767,"date":"2024-01-17T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2024-01-16T09:28:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T09:28:45","slug":"swiatek-won-her-first-australian-open-match-easily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/tennis\/swiatek-won-her-first-australian-open-match-easily\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiatek easily secured victory in her opening match at the Australian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iga \u015awi\u0105tek, the current leader in women&#8217;s tennis, began her Australian Open campaign with a win. The Polish tennis player secured a victory in straight sets against American Sofia Kenin, who is ranked 41st in the WTA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The match extended close to two hours, with the outcome of the first set determined in a tie-break that \u015awi\u0105tek won. In the second set, \u015awi\u0105tek managed to secure two breaks, sealing the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/tennis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tennis Full Results<\/a> | Schedule<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lift-off for the World No. 1 ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iga_swiatek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@iga_swiatek<\/a> defeats former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustralianOpen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@AustralianOpen<\/a> champ, Kenin, 7-6(2), 6-2 and now awaits the winner of Collins\/Kerber in R2.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AusOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#AusOpen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uBWONpetJ4\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/uBWONpetJ4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; wta (@WTA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WTA\/status\/1747096302658179123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iga \u015awi\u0105tek, who has never claimed a Major title in Melbourne throughout her career, achieved her best result at this tournament with a semi-final appearance in 2022. As of now, the Polish tennis player boasts four Grand Slam victories: French Open in 2020, French Open in 2022, French Open in 2023, and US Open in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first round of the Australian Open, \u015awi\u0105tek faced American Sofia Kenin, emerging victorious with a scoreline of 7:6, 6:2. Her upcoming opponent in the tournament is another American, Danielle Rose Collins, currently ranked 62nd in the WTA standings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iga \u015awi\u0105tek, the current leader in women&#8217;s tennis, began her Australian Open campaign with a win. The Polish tennis player secured a victory in straight sets against American Sofia Kenin, who is ranked 41st in the WTA. The match extended close to two hours, with the outcome of the first set determined in a tie-break&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"Iga \u015awi\u0105tek, the current leader in women's tennis, began her Australian Open campaign with a win. 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