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Iga Swiatek comes from behind to defeat Barbora Krejcikova at the WTA Finals
Iga Swiatek started her WTA Finals title defense with a hard-fought victory, recovering from a set and a double break down to beat eighth seed Barbora Krejcikova on Sunday in Riyadh. The Polish second seed kept her hopes of reclaiming Aryna Sabalenka's number one spot alive with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 performance against Krejcikova. Making her first competitive appearance in two months, Swiatek fell behind 4-6, 0-3 before staging a successful comeback against the wily Czech. “It certainly wasn't easy. At first I felt a little rusty, but I'm glad I found a way to play a little more solidly,” Swiatek said on court. “I tried to do the usual things I do to control the ball a little bit more, because it flew out of my racket like crazy.
“I knew I had this game in me, I just had to find it. It was hard to be patient with that, but in the end I'm glad I just stuck with it and didn't think about the score.”
Swiatek, a five-time major champion, skipped last month's Asian swing and had not played a match since her exit from the US Open quarterfinals in early September.
The 23-year-old Pole said goodbye to her three-year coach Tomasz Wiktorowski and debuted her new collaboration with Belgian coach Wim Fissette during these WTA Finals.
Krejcikova is ranked 13th in the world but claimed a place in Riyadh as one of the tour's top eight players due to a new rule implemented this season that gives priority to a grand slam champion who ranks among the twenty-nine remains above eighth place. player in the Race.
Swiatek was staring at three consecutive break points in her opening service game. She saved the first two but overcooked a forehand, which took a long time to break early in the match.
A costly double fault left Krejcikova 0-40 behind, but the Czech took the next five points to get out of trouble and take the lead 4-2.
Swiatek saved a set point with a good serve in the ninth game, but Krejcikova was nervous as she comfortably served out the set to take the lead after 47 minutes.
The two-time Grand Slam champion looked on her way to a comfortable straight-set win as she led 3-0 with a double break in the second set, punishing Swiatek's second serve and taking advantage of her mistimed shots opponent.
But that only led to a fightback from Swiatek, who erased her deficit by taking the next four games and taking the lead for the first time in the match.
Krejcikova double-faulted at a crucial moment, giving Swiatek two set-point chances in game 12. Swiatek used her second chance to clinch the set and force a decider.
That took the wind out of Krejcikova's sails as Swiatek quickly took a 5-0 lead.
Swiatek got broken while serving for the match, but quickly corrected himself and broke Krejcikova in game eight to seal the victory.
With Sabalenka's victory over Zheng Qinwen on Saturday, Swiatek will now have to win the title, while winning at least two round robin matches, to secure the year-end number one ranking.
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