Iga Świątek opened her hard-court run in Toronto with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Sara Bejlek in the 2026 Canadian Open. The WTA star scored an early lead. Then, however, she had to grind.
Świątek conceded just 11 points in the first set. She hit seven winners against only three unforced errors to take it in under 30 minutes. By the time she led 3-0 in the second, a bagel-bagel finish looked possible.
But Bejlek found another gear.
Sara Bejlek Pushes Iga Świątek in Thrilling 2nd Set
The world No. 38 changed speeds, came forward, and forced Świątek out of her comfort zone. One 19-stroke rally showcased the variety that earned Bejlek her first WTA title in Abu Dhabi earlier this year.
Still, the turning point came at 3-2. Świątek ground through a 13-deuce service game, saving nine break points before holding. She finished with 24 unforced errors in the second set alone. That's a number she'll want to clean up moving forward in Toronto.
"There were for sure a few tricky games, especially the long one. I haven't played a game like that in some time," Świątek said afterward.
The latest WTA scores from Toronto send Świątek into a third-round matchup with Viktorija Golubic.
Alex Eala made history at Wimbledon 2026 on Saturday, becoming the first Filipino player to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam. The 21-year-old knocked off defending champion Iga Świątek 7-6(9), 6-2 on Centre Court. And she did it with one of the most memorable shots of the tournament.
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After surviving an 84-minute opening set where she saved two set points in the tiebreak, Eala produced a play that will probably follow her for years.
She slipped on the baseline grass, launched her body parallel to the turf, and somehow got her racket on the ball while fully airborne.
The dive shot cleared the net, though Świątek put away the winner with Eala still grounded. Still, the effort sparked a 4-0 run that sealed the second set for the No. 29 seed.
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Throughout the match, Eala proved to be the sharper player. Świątek finished with 44 unforced while Eala committed just 21. She also converted five of seven break points to cap off the win, collapsing to her knees in tears at match point.
"To younger me, this is everything," Eala told the crowd after her historic win. "It is incredible to have my countrymen cheering me on, knowing that we are all in this together. This goes out to them, my family and all the girls with ruffled socks and chubby cheeks. It means the world."
Eala next faces No. 13 seed Jasmine Paolini in the Round of 16 on Monday.
Iga Świątek held off Taylor Townsend 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 on Centre Court to open her 2026 Wimbledon title defense. The No. 3 seed needed over two hours to outlast the US star in a match that shifted from set to set.
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Świątek controlled the opener from the second game on, running off six straight behind precise placement from the baseline. But Townsend answered immediately. The three-time Grand Slam doubles champion took the net away from Świątek in the second set. She converted nearly every approach, leveling the match with an ace on her third set point.
The decider then hinged on its opening game, a 21-minute grind in which Świątek committed three double faults. Yet somehow, she still managed to hold after saving four break points across nine deuces.
"Sometimes just serving the ball in might be a tough ask," Świątek said. "This game for sure was about that, and about believing that I can do it."
That hold proved to be the turning point. Świątek broke for 4-2, gave it back, then won the match's best rally — an angled drop shot followed by a pass into open court — to break again and serve it out at love.
She faces 2021 Wimbledon finalist Karolina Pliskova next.
After ousting Poland's Magda Linette from Roland Garros, world No. 3 Iga Świątek is gearing up to face the 2026 clay season's most in-form player — Marta Kostyuk — in the fourth round.
The highly anticipated matchup pits world four-time French Open champion Świątek against Kostyuk’s 15-match clay-court winning streak.
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Despite Kostyuk's recent prowess, Świątek remains the gold standard on the red dirt.
The Polish star boasts a 93% win rate at the annual Paris Grand Slam, adding to a 43-3 tournament record. Only Chris Evert and Steffi Graf have claimed more French Open titles.
Świątek booked her spot in the Round of 16 with a 6-4, 6-4 third-round win over compatriot Magda Linette, avenging a recent Miami Open defeat.
However, the former world No. 1 faces a new test as the tournament turns to its second week.
Kostyuk earned her spot in the French Open's Round of 16 by playing some of the best tennis of her career. The Ukrainian international has dominated the surface this season, building her winnings streak on raw power and defensive grit.
Of course, the athletes have met before. Świątek has yet to drop a set to the Ukrainian across three professional encounters — including a 6-3, 6-4 2021 French Open fourth-round victory.
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Świątek will meet Kostyuk on Sunday, May 31st, live on TNT Sports.
World No. 3 Iga Swiatek rediscovered her championship form on Wednesday. The six-time Grand Slam winner cruised by No. 5 Jessica Pegula 6-1, 6-2 to reach the 2026 Italian Open semifinals. This victory marks a major turning point for Swiatek.
Before arriving in Rome, the star suffered four consecutive quarterfinal exits. She also faced early departures in Madrid and Miami. But her clinical performance in this latest quarterfinal suggests the Polish star is back to her best on clay.
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From the opening game, Swiatek dictated the tempo, breaking Pegula's serve early.
The second set proved even more lopsided, as the 24-year-old won 85% of her first-serve points and saved the only break point she faced. The match lasted just 75 minutes, marking one of the swiftest encounters in the pair's recent rivalry.
The win additionally serves as a major statement before Roland Garros — one of four-time French Open winner Swiatek's signature Grand Slams.
Following the match, Swiatek noted a significant change in her tactical approach.
"I’ve been playing a bit differently, I would say. More similar to how I played couple years ago, more like a clay court player," she said postmatch. "I guess all the things that we practiced really clicked during last few matches."
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With the quarterfinal win, Swiatek moves on to face either Elena Rybakina or Elina Svitolina in tomorrow's Rome Open semifinals.
The Italian Open airs live on The Tennis Channel.
Magda Linette stunned Iga Swiatek with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 comeback victory on Thursday night at the 2026 Miami Open, ending the longest opening-round winning streak in women's tennis history.
50th-ranked Linette defeated the world No. 2 and former Miami Open champion, snapping Swiatek's 73-match opening-round winning streak that dated back to the 2021 WTA Finals.
Swiatek dominated the first set, breaking her fellow Polish player twice and winning 88% of her first-serve points. But Linette fought back in the second set, breaking at a critical moment and holding serve behind four aces to level the match.
Linette jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the third set, before Swiatek saved two match points and held for 5-3. But Linette closed out the upset on her fourth match point in the ninth game.
"I stopped doing anything well tactically," Swiatek said postmatch. "It was a bad match for me in the second and third sets. I haven't felt things like that for like five years."
Linette overcame 30 unforced errors to pull off the upset, becoming just the second player to beat Iga Swiatek at a WTA 1000 tournament after dropping the first set. Maria Sakkari accomplished the same feat earlier this season in Doha.
The victory marked Linette's second straight three-set win, after also coming back from a set down in her first-round match against Varvara Gracheva.
Linette will next face young phenom Alexandra Eala in the Miami Open's third round, after Eala defeated Laura Siegemund in three tough sets on Thursday. Linette has won two of her three career matches against Eala, though Eala won their most recent meeting in Auckland.
The 2026 Miami Open starts third-round play on Saturday, live on The Tennis Channel.
Two US tennis stars are still shining at the 2025 French Open, as world No. 8 Madison Keys and No. 2 Coco Gauff blew through their Round of 16 matches on Monday to set up an all-US quarterfinal showdown on Tuesday.
Gauff dealt No. 20 Ekaterina Alexandrova a dominant 6-0, 7-5 loss early Monday morning, while 2025 Australian Open champion Keys ended fellow US player No. 70 Hailey Baptiste's French Open run with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat shortly afterward.
"Coco is so good, and especially on clay," Keys said ahead of her upcoming quarterfinal opponent. "She's an unbelievable player and such a great athlete.... I'm looking forward to it and happy to see there will be another American in the semifinals."
Five US women and three men reached the fourth round at Roland-Garros this past weekend, tying the country's 1985 record before Baptiste joined No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 16 Amanda Anisimova on the ousted list.
No US player has won the French Open since Serena Williams in 2015, with both Gauff and Keys shooting for a championship match date against top contenders like No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka or No. 5 Iga Świątek — winner of four of the last five Parisian Grand Slams.
How to watch the 2025 French Open
Gauff and Keys will battle for a spot in semifinals on Tuesday morning.
The quarterfinals kick off at 5 AM ET, with live coverage on TNT.
A strong US contingent is showing out at the 2025 French Open, with 14 of the country's best tennis stars advancing to Wednesday's second round in Paris.
World No. 2 Coco Gauff headlines a US lineup spanning No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 8 Madison Keys as the WTA's top ranks battle it out for the Grand Slam's $2.9 million prize.
No. 16 Amanda Anisimova is also holding her own, advancing to the third round by downing Switzerland's No. 78 Viktorija Golubic 6-0, 6-2 on Wednesday, while US underdog No. 83 Bernarda Pera upset Croatia's No. 19 Donna Vekić in a three-set tiebreaker to do the same.
Despite her compatriots' success, No. 9 Emma Navarro became the only Top 10 player to crash out early, managing to win just a single game against Spain's No. 68 Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro in their first-round match on Monday.
Heavy-hitters No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and No. 5 Iga Świątek are also cruising along, with Świątek ousting England's No. 41 Emma Raducanu in straight sets on Tuesday morning, while Sabalenka faces Switzerland's No. 97 Jil Teichmann for a second-round battle in the afternoon.
While three-time Grand Slam winner Sabalenka is hunting a first Roland-Garros trophy, Świątek already owns four, with the Polish phenom hoping to add to her current streak of three French Open victories — despite her recent struggles on clay.
Should Świątek and Sabalenka continue winning, the pair could collide in next week's semifinals, landing on the same side of the Roland-Garros draw while Gauff and Pegula hold down the other two quadrants.
How to watch the 2025 French Open
Second-round action of the 2025 French Open continues through Thursday before Friday's third round takes the Roland-Garros clay court.
Live coverage of the Grand Slam airs on TNT.
The 2025 Italian Open keeps rolling in Rome through Saturday's finale, with the tournament seeing tennis titans stumble and a wide open Roland-Garros field emerge ahead of the fast-approaching French Open.
Reigning French Open champion and world No. 2 Iga Świątek fell to world No. 35 US star Danielle Collins in a straight-set upset in Saturday's third round — adding to Świątek's mounting 2025 tournament loss tally.
"I just wasn't there — present, you know — to fight and to compete," Świątek said after the match. "I focused on mistakes, and it's my mistake and I'm not doing things right… I'll try to change that."
Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka is also focusing ahead on the Paris Grand Slam, after her eight-match winning streak ended in Monday's Round of 16.
A clay specialist with four of the last five French Open titles under her belt, Świątek's recent struggles point to a shifting landscape as the season continues on the tricky surface.
On the other hand, clay title hopes are on the rise for US contender Coco Gauff, whose dominant 6-1, 6-2 Monday victory over 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu advanced the world No. 3 star to face No. 7 Mirra Andreeva in the 2025 Italian Open quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Also showing notable consistency is No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who will face No. 8 Qinwen Zheng in Wednesday's second quarterfinal matchup.
How to watch the 2025 Italian Open
The 2025 Italian Open continues through Saturday, with live coverage on the Tennis Channel.
As tune-up tournaments like this week's 2025 Italian Open dominate tennis ahead of the 2025 French Open, one familiar name is back in the headlines, with world No. 48 Naomi Osaka making significant strides on the clay court.
Coming off her first tournament win since 2021 at L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo — a WTA 125 event — last weekend, Osaka immediately advanced to the Italian Open's third round this week.
The four-time Grand Slam winner has shown glimpses of brilliance after returning from her 2023 pregnancy, with Osaka now aiming to keep up momentum on her historically weakest surface.
"Kinda ironic to win my first trophy back on the surface that I thought was my worst," Osaka posted after her May 4th victory. "That's one of my favorite things about life though, there's always room to grow and evolve."
Osaka isn't the only tennis star cooking in Europe, as heavy-hitters like world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, No. 2 Iga Świątek, and No. 3 Coco Gauff also moved ahead in Rome as they look to hone their Roland-Garros form.
Not usually a clay court specialist, Sabalenka has looked particularly formidable, defeating Gauff to take the 2025 Madrid Open title just last week.
How to watch the 2025 Italian Open
The 2025 Italian Open's Round of 32 kicks off early Saturday morning, with continuing coverage on The Tennis Channel.