Wuhan, Oct 8: Iga Swiatek powered her way to the third round of the WTA’s 1,000-level Wuhan Open on Tuesday with a straight sets win against Marie Bouzkova.Wimbledon champion Swiatek bounced back impressively after her fourth round exit at the China Open last week, winning 6-1, 6-1 against the Czech opponent.
The victory was the six-time grand slam winner’s 60th this year and the fourth year in a row she has reached that figure.
No. 2 seed Swiatek will play Belinda Bencic or Elise Mertens in the next round.
Earlier Emma Raducanu retired ill from her first round match.
The British No.1 and former US Open champion had her blood pressure checked and temperature taken in her match against American Ann Li.
Li was winning 6-1, 4-1 when Raducanu retired and will play No.9 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the second round.