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After another sad second serve rebounded off the top of the net and floated out on a break point, Iga Swiatek turned to her support team and frantically gestured her rage. She had simply not shown up. As Elena Rybakina bulldozed through the early stages of their highly anticipated fourth-round tussle, Swiatek trailed 6-1, 2-0 and her hopes of victory were fading.
For much of this year, Swiatek has struggled to find her form when forced into difficult positions against her toughest rivals. However, she showed her resilience here with a supreme 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 statement win against the 12th seed, to return to the quarter-finals of the French Open.
Written by Tumaini Carayol at Roland Garros
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun/01/iga-swiatek-elena-rybakina–carlos-alcaraz-french-open-2025-tennis under the title “Iga Swiatek stages stunning comeback to reach French Open quarter-finals”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
