. In the second round match against Swedish Rebecca Peterson, Polka gave only one more game, and the match itself lasted only six minutes longer.
Christmas better than Peterson. She only gave four games
The game played on Thursday morning (Australian time) started brilliantly for the best Polish tennis player. She won the first four games, only one of which was played to the advantage. Later, she only calmly maintained a safe advantage and won the game 6: 2.
The second set started with the Swedish team’s winning service game, but then she won five more games and it became clear that she would probably win the second game as well. She won the whole match very convincingly – 6: 2, 6: 2 – and advanced to the third round in great style
Christmas did not have to play an outstanding match to beat the Swedish rival. This is confirmed by statistics. Polka played 19 winners with 20 unforced mistakes, while the Peterson balance is a dramatic 6 winning balls with 24 mistakes.
In the third round, Świątek could face the second racket of Poland – (WTA 53.), but the second best Polish tennis player did not come as a surprise. She lost to Daria Kasatkina (WTA 23.) 2: 6, 3: 6 and the Russian will be the next rival of the Polish woman.
Source: Sport

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