The only women’s match featuring Grand Slam singles champions in the third round at the Australian Open turned out to be an overpowering win by Iga Swiatek over Emma Raducanu.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The only women's match featuring Grand Slam singles champions in the third round at the Australian Open turned out to be an overpowering win by Iga Swiatek over Emma Raducanu on Saturday.

Former World No.1 Iga Swiatek continued her fine run at the Australian Open 2025 as she steamrolled past Emma Raducanu in straight sets to progress to Round 4 on Saturday, January 18. Swiatek won the match in an hour and 10 minutes as Raducanu struggled to put up a fight against the Polish star.

Iga Swiatek won the final 11 games of Saturday's match against Emma Raducanu to advance to the fourth round at the Australian Open.

Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina joined Swiatek in the last 16 with a 6-3 6-4 win over Dayana Yastremska, but only after receiving treatment on her back, while eighth seed Emma Navarro and ninth seed Daria Kasatkina also advanced.

Emma Raducanu, playing in her first competitive match since November, defeated No. 26 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Australian Open.

Iga Swiatek triumphed over Emma Raducanu in the Australian Open's third round, winning 6-1, 6-0. Swiatek won the last 11 games to advance, showing con

Iga Swiatek demolished Emma Raducanu on Saturday to sweep into the last 16 of the Australian Open as 38-year-old Frenchman Gael Monfils stunned fourth seed Taylor Fritz.

Iga Swiatek rushed through her first set in 26 minutes and completed her 6-0, 6-2 second-round win over Rebecca Sramkova in an hour at the Australian Open.

Eighth-seeded Emma Navarro received a stern test from another NCAA singles champion before emerging with a first-round win at the Australian Open. Navarro, the 2021 NCAA champ for Virginia, got past Peyton Stearns, the 2022 NCAA champ for Texas, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5 on Tuesday in Melbourne, Australia.

MELBOURNE — Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu 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: