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Now ranked 41st in the world, Kenin led 3-1 in
the opening set and served at 5-4 before Swiatek pulled level.
Swiatek won three of the first four points that Kenin served in
the tiebreaker to pull away.
In the second set, Swiatek captured the final four games,
serving out the match at love to seal the victory in 1 hour, 51
minutes.
Swiatek battled the heat as well as Kenin.
"It wasn't easy at the beginning to find my rhythm," Swiatek
said. "I felt a little bit off, and I felt like Sofia did
everything to keep it that way. Huge respect to her ... but I'm
happy that I managed to get my level up in the second set."
The win was Swiatek's 17th in a row, including championships at
Beijing and the WTA Finals in Cancun last year, then three in
the United Cup to open 2024.
Kenin saw her record slip to 1-3 this year after she lost three
of her final four matches last year.
In other action early Tuesday, No. 14 Russian Daria Kasatkina
defeated the United States' Peyton Stearns 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
Unseeded American Sloane Stephens rolled past Australian Olivia
Gadecki 6-3, 6-1, and Italian Martina Trevisan took down
Mexico's Renata Zarazua 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Italy's Elisabetta
Cocciaretto downed Swiss qualifier Lulu Sun 6-1, 7-5.
--Field Level Media
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