Iga Swiatek reached a Grand Slam milestone that highlights her consistency after an impressive opening round win at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships.<\/p>\n
The world No 4 defeated 64th-ranked Polina Kudermetova 7-5, 6-1 in her opening round outing at the All England Club.<\/p>\n
Swiatek<\/a> was dominant on serve, saving the single break point she faced, while she broke the 22-year-old Russian three times.<\/p>\n The display was a continuation of Swiatek\u2019s encouraging form on grass courts after her runner-up result at the WTA 500 event in Bad Homburg last week.<\/p>\n The five-time Grand Slam champion was beaten by world No 3 Jessica Pegula in a tight Bad Homburg final after wins over Victoria Azarenka, Ekaterina Alexandrova and Jasmine Paolini.<\/p>\n With her first round win at Wimbledon<\/a>, Swiatek progressed to the second round of a Grand Slam event for the 25th time in her career.<\/p>\n Since Swiatek made her major debut at the 2019 Australian Open, no woman has featured in the second round of as many majors.<\/p>\n The 24-year-old Pole is now 25-1 in the opening round of Grand Slams, and only five female players have a better record from their first 26 first round contests at majors.<\/p>\n Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Evonne Goolagong, Monica Seles and Serena Williams all amassed a 26-0 record in Grand Slam openers.<\/p>\n In her on-court interview, Swiatek said: \u201cPlaying in this heat, I\u2019m glad some clouds came. This day was pretty\u2026 I don\u2019t know. I didn\u2019t know how I\u2019m gonna survive it.<\/p>\n \u201cIn tennis, we need to be ready for the rain, heat, everything. Especially in UK as you see (smiling).\u201d<\/p>\n WTA Rankings: Aryna Sabalenka to overtake Iga Swiatek milestone and she has Serena Williams\u2019 record in her sights<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Alex Eala takes heart from encouraging \u2018dream debut\u2019 at Wimbledon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The interviewer jokingly called Swiatek out over the amount of Wimbledon towels she put in her bag after the match: \u201cHow many towels have you put in your bag? I don\u2019t know how big your closet is at home, but there\u2019s about 6 in there.\u201d<\/p>\n Swiatek replied: \u201cCome on (laughs),\u00a0it\u2019s like a topic no one ever talks about. We love our towels.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll let it slide, Iga<\/p>\n The No.8 seed returns to collecting wins at #Wimbledon<\/a> \u2013 but turns out she also comes away from The Championships with a few items of memorabilia as well! pic.twitter.com\/pMaEcEOA2j<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cEvery time I come back from a Slam, I think I have like 10 friends and 10 family members wanting towels. So sorry guys. Sorry Wimbledon. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m supposed to do that, though, so\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, I have a lot at home. Trust me, I don\u2019t need much more. If I\u2019m gonna play like 15 more years on tour I can\u2019t even imagine. I think I\u2019m gonna have to build another room in my house just for Grand Slam towels.\u201d<\/p>\n Swiatek, who is chasing a maiden Wimbledon title, will face world No 208 Caty McNally in the second round at SW19.<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa fuel rumours they have split after painful Wimbledon exits<\/a> The post WATCH: Iga Swiatek makes funny Wimbledon apology as she also improves stellar stats<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iga Swiatek reached a Grand Slam milestone that highlights her consistency after an impressive opening round win at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. The world No 4 defeated 64th-ranked Polina Kudermetova 7-5, 6-1 in her opening round outing at the All England Club. 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