Iga Swiatek gained 11 video games in a row to defeat Britain’s Harriet Dart within the first spherical of the Australian Open.
Dart got here by way of qualifying for the third time right here in 4 years, and for the third time discovered herself on Rod Laver Enviornment dealing with one of many huge names.
She suffered the dreaded double bagel in opposition to Maria Sharapova in 2019 earlier than a significantly better efficiency in opposition to Simona Halep the next 12 months.
Harriet Dart was crushed within the first spherical of the Australian Open by No 7 seed Iga Swiatek
The Polish star gained 11 consecutive video games to seal victory on the Rod Laver Enviornment
Dart, ranked 123, made a very good begin in opposition to seventh seed Swiatek, main 3-1, however the Pole started to chop out the errors and, regardless of not doing an excessive amount of fallacious within the second set, the British quantity three did not win one other recreation.
‘First rounds are at all times difficult and with the solar out on the opposite facet it was fairly exhausting to serve,’ Swiatek mentioned afterwards.
‘I informed myself to be affected person. I had this religion in myself that I might discover a rhythm in some way.
‘It’s exhausting to realize perfection and there may be going to be errors like immediately at the start of the match.
‘Usually I get actually indignant about that however now I’m centered on discovering options and dealing on technical stuff.’
Dart (left) was on the principle area for the third time in recent times, but it surely was an identical story
