Osaka came from a set down to level the match but was beaten in a dramatic decider
saved a match point and survived an almighty scare but she chastised the Roland Garros crowd for their behaviour after she beat
“Under a lot of pressure when you scream something during the rally or right before the return, it’s really, really hard to be focused,” Swiatek said afterwards. To give an idea of the depth of the challenge, Swiatek had not lost a match at Roland Garros since 2021, and has only been beaten twice in her life at this venue. And she had not lost a second-round grand slam match in her last 16 attempts.
It is indicative of Swiatek’s usual dominance of matches – she is so destructive that authorities refuse to put her in the night session for fear of short-selling ticket-holders – that this was only her fourth ever Roland Garros tie-break, although she had clearly not forgotten how to navigate them, racing out to a 5-1 lead and converting her first set point.
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