Defending champion Iga Swiatek saved a match point to overcome Naomi Osaka.©AFP
Defending champion Iga Swiatek saved a match point to overcome fellow four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka 7-6 (7/1), 1-6, 7-5 in a breathtaking clash on second round of the French Open on Wednesday. World number one Swiatek trailed 5-2 in the final set, but the Pole won the last five games of the match to keep her bid for a third consecutive Roland Garros title on track.
She is trying to become the fourth woman in the Open era to win four Roland Garros titles and only the second – after Serena Williams – to complete the triple achievement on clay in Madrid, Rome and the French Open in the same season.
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