NEW DELHI: World number one Iga Swiatek defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, ranked 27th, 6-4, 6-2, on Saturday to advance to the US Open fourth round.
In the potentially challenging matchup against the former French Open runner-up, who has seven other Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances on her record, Swiatek, the 2022 US Open champion whose five titles this year include a fourth French Open championship, was mostly untroubled.