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Iga Swiatek admitted she was pretty happy with the performance delivered against Sorana Cirstea in her Doha opener and also addressed claims that she is becoming a more offensive and attacking player.
After suffering a shock Australian Open third-round loss to Linda Noskova, Swiatek returned to action on Monday as she destroyed world No. 22 Sorana Cirstea 6-1 6-1 to start her Doha title defense in a very impressive way.
Against Cirstea, Swiatek missed out on two break points in the second game but kept her focus as she still easily won the opening set after breaking the Romanian in the fourth and sixth games. In the second set, Swiatek didn’t manage to break Cirstea in the first game of the set but then won six consecutive games to seal a two-set win with just two lost games.
The match lasted an hour and one minute and it was a pretty one-sided battle as Swiatek didn’t allow Cirstea a single break point, while earning 11 break points and converting six times en route to registering a dominant win.
“For sure I’m happy with my performance, and I feel like it was a really solid match. I kind of felt like I was able to keep my focus from the beginning till the end. Then, you know, after every game I was more confident and…
