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Paul Myers

Roland Garros: Five things we learned on Day 8 - what's in a name?

Women's top seed and defending champion Iga Swiatek pulverized the unseeded Russian Anastasia Potopova 6-0, 6-0 in 40 minutes to reach the quarter-final at the French Open. © Pierre René-Worms/RFI

Iga is the first name and it might denote an attitude as the defending champion and top seed blitzed her fellow 23-year-old Anastasia Potopova to reach the last eight. Next up for Swiatek? Marketa Vondrousova from the Czech Republic.

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