Iga Swiatek acknowledged the Miami Open match against Linda Noskova was full of ups and downs and admitted there were moments when she felt there was a turning point but then something would happen again and make it complicated.
Swiatek, seeded at No. 1, entered her Miami match against world No. 31 Noskova as the big favorite despite losing to the 19-year-old Czech at the Australian Open this year. In the end, Swiatek did beat Noskova but she was made to work extremely hard before sealing a 6-7 (7) 6-4 6-4 third-round win.
In all three sets, Swiatek had big leads but Noskova would come back every time.
“Well, for sure it wasn’t like the match went one way from the beginning till the end. I know that I could stay more consistent with my level. Sometimes we have matches like that and we need to figure out how to close them anyway,” Swiatek said.
“I’m happy that I’m through to the next round. Yeah, for sure it wasn’t easy. There were just many ups and downs. Yeah, I’m happy that after first set I had better idea on what to do, and I just tried to do that in important moments.”
Swiatek on if she felt there was a turning point
In the first set, Swiatek led 5-2 and everything was pointing toward the Pole…
