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Wimbledon: Improving Swiatek Downs Pliskova To Reach Third Round
Though the scoreline on Thursday looked a lot more assured than in the previous round, it was an improvement for the defending champion on the difficulties of her opener against Taylor Townsend on Tuesday. On Thursday, the former World No.1 from Poland did not concede a set, and there were also no juddering tears of relief. It helped that the pre-match danger threatened by Pliskova’s career-long grass-court smarts materialised only fleetingly.
It was also a big relief for Swiatek as she held break points in every Pliskova service game. Still, the Pole stacked up 18 unforced errors in this match, at times in unseemly clumps. Any repeat in upcoming rounds could create a disaster, with the quality of opposition improving in the upcoming rounds.
