Australian Open: Iga Swiatek Is in Total Control During 6–1, 6–0 Rout of Emma Raducanu

Iga Swiatek of Poland waves after defeating Emma Raducanu of Britain in their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 18, 2025. Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP Photo

MELBOURNE, Australia—Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6–1, 6–0 victory over Emma Raducanu on Saturday in the only Australian Open women’s third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions—if you thought that meant it would be close, you'd have been rather wrong—that this was how she described it:

“I felt like the ball,” Swiatek said, “is listening to me.”