JAKARTA - Former world number one Iga Swiatek lost only three games when securing victory over fellow former world number one Naomi Osaka to reach the quarter-finals of the 2026 Italian Open.
The Polish tennis player struggled to survive the tournament in a match lasting 1 hour 20 minutes and closed it with a score of 6-2 and 6-1 on Monday local time or Tuesday, May 12, 2026 Indonesian time.
This result makes Swiatek increase his win-loss record to 3-1 over Osaka. All three of his victories over the Japanese player have occurred in their last three clashes. He won the previous two victories in Miami 2022 and Roland Garros 2024.
In addition, this victory makes the 24-year-old reach his fifth quarterfinal in Rome. In the quarterfinal, the owner of six Grand Slam titles will face the United States, Jessica Pegula.
This may be Swiatek's best performance among all previous meetings with Osaka. He managed to control the game from the start and continued to dominate his opponent on the BNP Paribas Arena clay court, Foro Italico.
Swiatek, known as one of the players who are good at leading at the beginning of the match, performed according to his role in the highly anticipated match. However, the duel quickly turned into a show of his extraordinary talent.
Overall, Swiatek scored a total of 23 winners and 18 unforced errors. He also performed cleanly on his serve with 67 percent of his first serve coming in and winning 68 percent of the points from the serve and 67 percent of the points from the second serve.
The victory over Osaka makes Swiatek have a record of 116-2 in WTA 1000 level matches. Of the total wins, 108 of them were won in two-set matches.
Meanwhile, Pegula had to go through a winding journey in his victory over Anastasia Potapova through two straight sets. He finished the match after one hour 38 minutes with a score of 7-6 (6) and 6-2.
The victory extended Pegula's perfect record against Potapova to 6-0. Pegula has now reached seven quarter-finals this season, the same as Mirra Andreeva and Elena Rybakina for the most on tour and Swiatek following behind with five.
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