Tennis: Iga Świątek cruises into Poland Open quarterfinals

Poland’s world No. 1 Iga Świątek has stormed into the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Poland Open tennis tournament on home soil in Warsaw, with a 6-3, 6-2 win on Thursday over Romania's Gabriela Lee.

Iga Świątek

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The top-seeded Polish player will now face France's world No. 45 Caroline Garcia for a place in the last four.

Through to the quarterfinals 💪

🇵🇱 @iga_swiatek defeats Lee 6-3, 6-2 and will face Garcia in the next round!#PolandOpen pic.twitter.com/tG3W79lVQx

— wta (@WTA) July 28, 2022

Iga Świątek 🆚 Gabriela Lee #WTA w Warszawie @BNPPolandOpen

6:3, 6:2
O ile w pierwszym secie Rumunka broniła się, w drugim nie miała już argumentow

🇵🇱 #bnpparibaspolandopen pic.twitter.com/Dgoml8FWwJ

— Sport PR (@sportradiopl) July 28, 2022

The BNP Paribas Poland Open, first held last year, is the biggest tennis event in the country.

She’s in quarterfinal 🥳

Iga Świątek defeated Gabriela Lee 6-3, 6-2 and will compete for SF tomorrow! 😍

📸 Michał Jędrzejewski @WTA #bnpparibaspolandopen pic.twitter.com/IpvCwY4RJz

— BNP Paribas Poland Open (@BNPPolandOpen) July 28, 2022

The WTA 250 tournament is part of the Women's Tennis Association tour and attracts some of the best female players from Poland and further afield.

Iga Świątek z pewnym awansem do ćwierćfinału #bnpparibaspolandopen #PolandOpen https://t.co/IwqdPPeHTK

— Sport PR (@sportradiopl) July 28, 2022

Plan gier na piątek 📝#OP for Friday ⤵️#bnpparibaspolandopen #wta250warsaw @WTA pic.twitter.com/0SslqAtfB4

— BNP Paribas Poland Open (@BNPPolandOpen) July 28, 2022

Świątek last Saturday helped raise more than PLN 2 million (EUR 425,000, USD 425,000) for Ukraine during an exhibition tournament in the southern Polish city of Kraków.

The Polish player last month won the French Open for the second time after defeating Coco Gauff of the United States in the final.

The 21-year-old, coached by countryman Tomasz Wiktorowski, in early April took over as the new number one in women's tennis, becoming the first Pole to top the world rankings.

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Source: PAP, TVP Sport