Poland's Iga Swiatek has swept into the French Open quarter-finals in imperious style. -AP
World number one Iga Swiatek has moved into the quarter-finals of the French Open with a 6-0 6-0 demolition of Russia's Anastasia Potapova in 40 minutes.
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Potapova was playing in the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career, but Swiatek took full control of Sunday's match and gave her opponent no time to breathe between a flurry of points.
The Russian attacked Swiatek's serve on the odd occasion to claim a couple of winners, but the Pole's near-perfect shots left Potapova with no answers as the top seed wrapped the first set in 19 minutes.
Spectators at Court Philippe-Chatrier tried their best to encourage Potapova but Swiatek looked at ease, forcing the Russian into several mistakes as the top seed consolidated her early break.
The only problem Swiatek had was the swirling wind on serve, with the roof finally left open after several days of rain.
Swiatek will face either fifth seed Marketa Vondrousova or Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic in the quarter-finals.
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