Iga Swiatek cruised past world number 41 Marie Bouzkova 6-1 6-1 in 79 minutes on her debut at the Wuhan Open.
Swiatek won 31 of 51 points and broke six times. The former world number 1 player leads 2-0 in her head-to-head matches against Bouzkova.
Swiatek broke Bouzhkova twice to race out to a 4-0 lead. Bouzhkova pulled one break back in the fourth game in the fifth game, but Swiatek earned her third break in the sixth game for 5-1. The Polish player served out the first set 6-1 on her second set point after saving a break point.
The six-time Grand Slam champion earned three more breaks to close out the second set 6-1 on her second match point.
Swiatek won three titles at Wimbledon, Cincinnati and Seoul.
Iga Swiatek. “There are many tournaments that you win and the next week you lose. So it is disappointing. It’s hard to be winning all the time and be consistent. It’s not something I would expect, but I just try to focus on developing and just working every day to play as well as possible.”
