Sawt Falasteen - Swiatek makes fast start at Italian Open

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Swiatek makes fast start at Italian Open / Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO - AFP

Swiatek makes fast start at Italian Open

SPORTS 08.05.2025

Iga Swiatek dismissed Elisabetta Cocciaretto in just 52 minutes as she opened her account at the Italian Open on Thursday.

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World number two Swiatek came to Italy on the back of a demoralising straight-sets defeat to Coco Gauff in the semi-finals of the Madrid Open.

But the 23-year-old Pole dropped just a single game in winning 6-1, 6-0 against Italian Cocciaretto to move onto a third-round meeting with either American Danielle Collins or Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania.

Swiatek is a three-time winner of the Italian Open and is using the claycourt tournament as a key step towards her defence of her French Open title, but she is yet to win a tournament this season.

In another second-round match, former world number one Naomi Osaka beat Swiss player Viktorija Golubic 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.

World number one Jannik Sinner will make his return to competition after a three-month doping ban by facing Mariano Navone on Saturday after the Argentinian beat Federico Cina 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday.

J.AbuShaban--SF-PST

Sawt Falasteen - Swiatek makes fast start at Italian Open

Swiatek makes fast start at Italian Open

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