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World No. 1 Iga Swiatek delivered a very dominant performance in her first match of the year as the Pole destroyed 11th-ranked Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-2 6-2 at the United Cup.
On Saturday, 22-year-old Swiatek kicked off her 2024 season at the United Cup, where she is representing Poland. In the first match of the Poland and Brazil tie, Swiatek clinched a very dominant win over Haddad Maia to give Poland an early 1-0 lead.
Although Haddad Maia is now one of the better players on the WTA Tour, she didn’t really stand any chance against Swiatek. Following their United Cup match, Swiatek improved to 2-1 over Haddad Maia.
How Swiatek beat Haddad Maia?
Haddad Maia served out the opening game of the match but it didn’t take long before Swiatek earned the first break of the match in the third game. After claiming the first break of the match in the third game, Swiatek also broke Haddad Maia in the fifth game en route to winning five games in a row and taking a 5-1 lead.
In the seventh game, Haddad Maia saved two set points on her service to finally end Swiatek’s run of five consecutive games. However, not realizing two set points in the seventh game…
