JAKARTA – World number two tennis player, Iga Swiatek, made history after advancing to the second round of the 2025 US Open with a victory over Emiliana Arango.
Swiatek, 24, secured her seventh consecutive second-round berth at Flushing Meadows, New York, with a 6-1, 6-2 victory on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, early morning Western Indonesian Time.
"It feels amazing. The first match isn't easy to get into the rhythm straight away, and it was a solid match," she said, as quoted by BBC Sport.
The Polish tennis player, who won the 2022 US Open women's singles title, hit 26 winners in her match against the Colombian on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
This latest result allows Swiatek to break Monica Seles' record for most consecutive opening match wins in the Open Era, which began in 1968.
Seles's previous record of 64 consecutive wins was from 1990 to 1996. That streak was then ended by Kimiko Date at the Chase Championships in November 1996.
Swiatek's winning streak began in August 2022 after she suffered a loss to Ons Jabeur at the Western & Southern Open.
Furthermore, Swiatek also won her 50th match of the year, making her the only woman to win 50 or more matches in the last four years.
She previously achieved 50+ wins in 2022, 2023, and 2024, totaling 67, 68, and 64, respectively.
Swiatek has advanced to the semifinals at three previous Grand Slam events this year. She is coming off one of the most dominant title performances at Wimbledon 2025, defeating Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the final.
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