French Open 2024: Iga Swiatek Sprints into Quarterfinals With Straight Set Victory Over Anastasia Potapova

Paris, Jun 2: After the French Open marathon came the sprint. Defending champion Iga Swiatek swept into the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in just 40 minutes after a crushing 6-0, 6-0 win against Anastasia Potapova.

Swiatek won without even facing a game point against her. The match ended when Potapova hit a forehand into the net on the first match point. Iga Swiatek Blushes After Spectators Wish Her Happy Birthday Post Third Round Win Over Marie Bouzkova at French Open 2024 (Watch Video).

“I was just really focused and in the zone," Swiatek said. "It went pretty quickly, pretty weird.” Their match started at around 11 am. That's just eight hours after men's defending champion Novak Djokovic finished his five-set, 4 1/2-hour marathon against Lorenzo Musetti just after 3 am in the latest finish in tournament history.

Swiatek remains on course for her third consecutive French Open title and fourth overall. The top-ranked Pole will play either fifth-seeded Czech Marketa Vondrousova or unseeded Serb Olga Danilovic in the quarterfinals.

They were playing Sunday on Court Suzanne Lenglen, the only other court with a roof. Andrey Rublev Breaks Racquet in Frustration During Third Round Match in French Open 2024 Against Matteo Arnaldi (Watch Video).

After five consecutive days with rain delays, play on the other roofless courts was scheduled to get underway at around 12:30 pm local time.

Later Sunday, third-seeded American Coco Gauff took on unseeded Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto. Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner and two-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz were in men's fourth-round action. Second-seeded Sinner faced Frenchman Corentin Moutet, and third-seeded Alcaraz played No. 21-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.

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