By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday August 1, 2025
Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek continues to ride the hot hand on the North American hard courts. The six-time major champion hammered past Eva Lys of Germany on Friday night in Montreal, 6-2, 6-2 to reach the round of 16.
The 24-year-old Pole has dropped just eight games through two rounds at the Omnium Banque Nationale, and will face 16th-seeded Clara Tauson next.
Tauson took out Yuliia Starodubtseva, 6-3 6-0.
“It’s going to be the first time I play a heavy hitter here,” Swiatek said of facing Tauson, whom she defeated at Wimbledon in July, 6-4, 6-1. “So I think I’ll need to adjust to that, but when she plays in, she plays great.”
“When we played, I feel like I was solid enough for her to miss a bit more, but I know that she’s this kind of player that when she feels it she’s going to play well. Obviously it’s going to be a challenge, and she likes to also serve fast, so I’ll see.”
Swiatek has now won nine matches on the trot, dating back to the start of her Wimbledon title run. She is bidding for her 13th career hard court title this week in Montreal, and her first since Indian Wells in 2024.
“I feel like I played two solid matches, and Eva today also, you know, even though the score looked like it’s one-sided, it wasn’t that easy,” Swiatek said.
Swiatek improves to 43-12 on the season with her win.
More to follow…
