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Wimbledon 2025: Iga Swiatek defeats Polina Kudermetova; enters second round
Updated On: 02 July, 2025 11:10 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The win against Kudermetova marked the Polish player's 61st consecutive victory in the opening match, which is also the longest winning streak by any woman player in this century. The 24-year-old will now clash against Caty McNally on Thursday
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Poland`s Iga Swiatek plays a backhand return to Russia`s Polina Kudermetova during their women`s singles first round tennis match on the second day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London. Pic/AFP
Five-time Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek began her Wimbledon 2025 campaign with a straight-sets win in the opening match of the women's singles against Polina Kudermetova.
The Polish star secured a victory against Kudermetova 7-5, 6-1 at the All-England Club.
The former World No 1 has her best performance playing a quarterfinal at Wimbledon two years ago, which was following her best WTA Tour grass result ever. This year, Swiatek, who is currently ranked No 4 in the WTA Rankings, reached the final in Bad Homburg, Germany, which was her first WTA final since winning in Paris more than a year ago.
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