The Italian tennis star is now 14-0 on the year and has a 17-game win streak going back to last season’s three Davis Cup wins.
Iga Swiatek avenged her Australian Open ouster at the hands of Linda Noskova, beating the Czech teenager 6-4, 6-0 in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday. Second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz and third-seeded Jannik Sinner each advanced in straight sets in the men's draw, but fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev lost to No. 32 seed Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4. Swiatek advanced to the round of 16, where the top-ranked Polish star will face Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek trailed 4-2 to Linda Noskova who beat her in Australia, but won the match's final 10 games for a 6-4, 6-0 win