Paris, France – Emma Laducane was outclassed in the second round of the French Open by Iga Swietek as he won 6-1, 6-2 at Roland Garros on Wednesday.
Radkanu, 22, was one of six Brits reaching the second round of this year’s French Open, but was handed the toughest questions possible in a match against Swiatek. Swiatek was the dominant force of clay, winning four of the last five slams at Roland Garros.
Having five grand slams in her name, who won the 2022 US Open overall, Swiatek entered the tournament in a mixed format with an incredibly high standard, but as usual, she found a way to raise the game once with Roland Garros. This is where she has suffered from a zero defeat since 2021 and has now won her name 23 times in a row in a row in this tournament.
For Raducanu, this will always be a tough match. She came through the first round match against Wang Xinyu 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, but was battling pain and illness. She suffered from back convulsions at the Strasburg Open last week and woke up on the morning of her opening match against her illness.
Radkanu, the 2021 US Open Champion, never beat the 23-year-old Swaitek before today’s clash. The last time they met, it was a dominant victory for Swiatek.
Swiatek saved his first game breakpoint and controlled the match, so this time he recreated setting his first score. She broke Radukanu twice and filmed the first set 6-1 in just 35 minutes, and found Radukanu difficult to score points.
Swiatek’s dominance showed no signs of alleviation in the early suffering of the second set, as he defeated the service of his beloved Radukanu in the third game. Radukanu forced three breakpoints in his fourth game, but was unable to take advantage of any of them as Swiatek went 3-1. Ladukanu then saved a breakpoint in the fifth time, but was unable to get Swiatek’s serve as the reigning champion who loved to go up 4-2. Swiatek then defeated Raducanu’s serve again in the seventh game, serving to pass in an hour and 19 minutes.
Swiatek will face the winner of Sara Bejlek-Jaqueline Cristian in the third round on Friday.
