Teenager Iga Swiatek produced amazing functionality for the most sensible seed and named favorite Simona Halep in Roland Garros’ fourth circular.
The 19-year-old Pole beat 30 winners and beat Halep in every space on the court to win 6-1 6-2 in just one hour and seven minutes.
In the last round, Halep had taken revenge on Amanda Anisimova, who had beaten her at Roland Garros last year, but here the boot with the other foot.
Swiatek with the stupor! ????
The Polish teenager comes off the more sensible seeded heading towards the quarterfinals in # RolandGarros. pic. twitter. com/w1uw8rikB8
– US Open Tennis (@usopen) October 4, 2020
Halep and Swiatek met at the same stadium last summer with the Polish, a former Wimbledon junior champion, leading a match.
But without delay it became apparent how far he had come over the previous year by taking a 3-0 lead.
She scored 17 winning shots in the first set and, Halep made only two direct mistakes, just couldn’t get into the game.
The Romanian began looking at coach Darren Cahill in panic as Swiatek returned at the beginning of the set moment, and the teenager showed no symptoms of nervousness.
Halep tried to fight, but most of the time it was Swiatek who won the biggest problems and she didn’t bother to serve him.
Halep’s departure means it is guaranteed that there will be a new Roland Garros champion, with Elina Svitolina, the third seed, now the player ranked on the left.