Swiatek accelerates in Wuhan towards the WTA Finals

The Polish Iga Swiatek She beat the American Ashlyn Krueger in the third round of the WTA 1000 in Wuhan by 6-1 and 6-4 and raised her expectations of achieving a place in the WTA Finals, the tournament that brings together the eight best tennis players and that closes each season.

It took Swiatek one hour and 34 minutes to close the match, she imposed her superiority and avoided the German’s reaction, especially in the second set. The 25-year-old player from Warsaw is fighting to play in the Finals that will be played from November 8 to 15 in Indian Wells. The former world number one, currently ninth, aims to take advantage of the elimination of Czech Karolina Muchova, eighth, and surpass her in the rankings.

The Polish player will play her fourth consecutive quarterfinal in a WTA 1000 tournament against the winner of the match between the American Ann Li and the Polish Janice Tjen.

The defeat of the Czech played in their favor Karolina Muchova against the Russian Diana Shnadirer, 7-5 and 6-3, but the seventh place, of the eight for the WTA Finals, is practically tied to the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, who beat the Chinese Hanyu Guo 6-1 and 6-4.

For her part, the Roland Garros finalist and sixteenth seed, the Polish Maja Chwalinskaachieved the most important victory of her career in the ranking, by defeating the world number 11, the American Iva Jovic, 6-4 and 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals

Her next rival will be the Greek Maria Sakkari. The Helena defeated the guest of the tournament, the Slovakian Mia Pohankova 6-1 and 6-4, in another third round match.