Iga Swiatek and Mirra Andreeva both lost in Beijing’s fourth round and arrived at the Dongfeng Voyah · Wuhan Open hoping to create some momentum heading into year-end championships.
On Tuesday, the No. 2-seeded Swiatek was the first player to advance to the third round, defeating Marie Bouzkova 6-1, 6-1. She’ll meet the winner of Wednesday’s second-round match between No. 13 seed Belinda Bencic and Elise Mertens.
Andreeva, the No. 5 seed, later fell to Laura Siegemund
6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3. The grueling match required 3 hours and 1 minute.
Since reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in early July, Andreeva’s record is 5-4.
Swiatek dominated Bouzkova’s serve, winning 31 of 51 points and breaking her six times in a match that ran 79 minutes.
The 24-year-old from Poland is now 2-0 against Bouzkova, while the Czech Republic player is now 0-7 for the year against Top 10 players. Bouzkova defeated wild card Camila Osorio 6-3, 6-4 in the first round.
Swiatek was the top seed in Beijing, but fell to Emma Navarro 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.
She’s the No. 2 player in the PIF WTA Rankings and one of the game’s most consistent players. But even the six-time Grand Slam champion knows there’s a far better chance of losing than winning a title. She’s played in 17 events this year and come away with three crowns -- Wimbledon, Cincinnati and Seoul.
“There are many tournaments that you win [and] the next week you lose,” Swiatek told reporters in Wuhan. “So it is disappointing. It’s hard to be winning all the time and be consistent.
“It’s not something I would expect, but I just try to focus on developing and just working every day to play as well as possible.”
That long-term approach has worked nicely for Swiatek, who collected her 60th match-win for 2025. She’s the only woman this century to do it for four consecutive years. Martina Hingis (1997-2001) and Lindsay Davenport (1998-2001) were the last to manage that feat.
Swiatek has been lethally sharp in WTA 1000 events. Look at these numbers:
She’s won 31 consecutive opening matches; since 1990, only Hingis (40) has done better.
This was Swiatek’s 100th straight-sets win -- in 153 matches. Only Serena Williams (144) got there in fewer matches.
Since the format came into being, Swiatek’s straight-set win percentage is .654, second to Serena Williams’ .665.
“Every tournament I go to, I want to play my best game,” Swiatek said. “Sometimes I deliver; sometimes not but yeah, my expectation is to just do my best. Honestly, I don’t set goals like semifinal or whatever -- just really making it step by step.”
Since the format came into being, Swiatek’s straight-set win percentage is .654, second to Serena Williams’ .665.
“Every tournament I go to, I want to play my best game,” Swiatek said. “Sometimes I deliver; sometimes not but yeah, my expectation is to just do my best. Honestly, I don’t set goals like semifinal or whatever -- just really making it step by step.”
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