Iga Swiatek is back to winning ways at the Cincinnati Open after falling in the Canadian Open round of 16.
Swiatek suffered a shock loss to Clara Tauson in Montreal, where the Dane also beat Madison Keys before losing to Naomi Osaka.
Osaka then lost the Canadian Open final to Victoria Mboko, with both players since opting to skip the Cincinnati Open.
But WTA number three Swiatek is involved, with the Pole into round three after beating Anastasia Potapova.
The Wimbledon champion was handed a bye into the second round, where the third seed defeated Potapova 6-1, 6-4.
Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty ImagesThe shot Iga Swiatek would love to take from Daniil Medvedev
She spoke to Tennis Channel after the win, where she was joined by ATP ace Daniil Medvedev, who like Swiatek is using the new Technifibre rackets.
And asked what part of the Russian’s game she would like to adapt in her own, Swiatek replied: “I would say the serve obviously, because I wasn’t always the best server, and Daniil likes his serve.
“I always consider Daniil like a guy who’s winning a lot of points from the serve. So I guess that. And the ability to switch your positions on the return. I recently started to play my returns a little bit further back, not like Daniil, but a little bit more back.
“And I like the way he can play it flat and also add more spin and still make it long even though he’s far away from the baseline. I love it.”
Daniil Medvedev says what he thinks of Iga Swiatek’s level right now
Medvedev was warming up for his practice during Swiatek’s opener, and was able to catch part of the first set in Cincinnati.
He is the 12th seed at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament, and begins his quest for success against Australian Adam Walton.
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Medvedev currently occupies number 15 in the ATP rankings, and revealed that he’s using WTA star Swiatek for motivation at this stage of his career.
He said: “Iga is just playing great tennis. Congrats on Wimbledon. I don’t think I saw you after. She’s playing incredible, much better than me at the moment. I need to try to look up to her and keep it up.”
Like his Technifibre teammate, Medvedev took on the Canadian Open before Cincinnati, but managed just one win.
The one-time Grand Slam champion defeated Dalibor Svrcina before falling to Alexei Popyrin in the round of 32 at the start of August.