Iga Swiatek destroyed Elisabetta Cocciaretto at the 2025\u00a0Italian Open to begin her title defence at the Foro Italico in style.<\/p>\n
The five-time Grand Slam champion crushed Cocciaretto, who is ranked 82nd, 6-1, 6-0 in just 52 minutes on Centre Court in Rome.<\/p>\n
Swiatek<\/a>\u00a0won 51 of the 71 total points played, including 28 of 35 on her own serve, and she did not face a single break point.<\/p>\n The world No 2\u00a0has now won 18 consecutive completed matches at the Italian Open in straight sets \u2014 a record at the tournament.<\/p>\n The Pole has won triumphed in Rome in three of the last four years, with her only defeat a retirement at 2-2 in the third set against Elena Rybakina in the 2023 quarter-finals.<\/p>\n Swiatek\u2019s victory was her 27th win in a row in opening matches at WTA 1000 tournaments \u2014 a run that started at the 2022 Qatar Open.<\/p>\n Only Martina Hingis (40), Monica Seles (29) and Lindsay Davenport (28) have amassed more opening match 1000 level wins in succession.<\/p>\n Iga Swiatek \u2018irritated by headlines talking about falling apart or a mental crisis\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The 3 women to achieve the Madrid-Italian Open double as Aryna Sabalenka bids to join Iga Swiatek<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Swiatek\u2019s second set whitewash against the 24-year-old Italian was the 33rd set she has won 6-0 at WTA 1000 tournaments.<\/p>\n This has seen her tie former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka for the most \u2018bagel\u2019 sets won at WTA 1000 events since the format was introduced in 2009.<\/p>\n Nine of Swiatek\u2019s 6-0 sets at this level of tournament have come in Rome, which moves her to joint-fifth for the most bagels in the Italian capital with\u00a0Nathalie Tauziat.<\/p>\n =1. Chris Evert \u2013 16<\/p>\n =1. Gabriela Sabatini \u2013 16<\/p>\n =3. Monica Seles \u2013 11<\/p>\n =3. Serena Williams \u2013 11<\/p>\n =5. Nathalie Tauziat \u2013 9<\/p>\n =5. Iga Swiatek \u2013 9<\/p>\n Perhaps the most telling stats to highlight after Swiatek\u2019s victory are those that prove she is virtually unstoppable as a front runner.<\/p>\n After winning the opening set in matches at WTA 1000 tournaments, Swiatek is now a stratospheric 98-0.<\/p>\n The 23-year-old holds an equally mind-blowing 82-1 record after going up a set in clay-court matches, with the only defeat the aforementioned retirement against Rybakina in Rome two years ago.<\/p>\n Swiatek will face either Danielle Collins or Elena Gabriela Ruse in the third round in Rome as she continues her quest for a first title in almost a year.<\/p>\n The former world No 1 has not reached a final since collecting her fourth French Open crown in June 2024.<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0<\/strong>Iga Swiatek vs Coco Gauff vs Jessica Pegula: Battle for world No 2 at Italian Open<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The post Iga Swiatek extends Italian Open record as she serves up incredible stats with\u00a052-minute win<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iga Swiatek destroyed Elisabetta Cocciaretto at the 2025\u00a0Italian Open to begin her title defence at the Foro Italico in style. The five-time Grand Slam champion crushed Cocciaretto, who is ranked 82nd, 6-1, 6-0 in just 52 minutes on Centre Court in Rome. Swiatek\u00a0won 51 of the 71 total points played, including 28 of 35 on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Iga Swiatek News<\/h2>\n
Most 6-0 sets won at the Italian Open (WTA)<\/h4>\n
Swiatek\u2019s staggering record after winning the first set<\/h4>\n