Iga Swiatek reaches third round of Wimbledon with straight-set victory over Petra Martic

Iga Swiatek has defeated Petra Martic in the second round of Wimbledon, 6-4, 6-3, to extend her incredible 2024 winning streak to 21 matches in a row. She hasn’t lost a match since April, when she fell to Elena Rybakina in the semifinals of Stuttgart.

And there’s more: she maintains her status as the only player to reach the third round of every Grand Slam event this decade.

Her streak began at the 2020 Australian Open.

IGA SWIATEK’S GRAND SLAM RESULTS IN THE 2020s:

• 4th Rd of 2020 Australian Open
• 3rd Rd of 2020 US Open
• Won 2020 Roland Garros
• 4th Rd of 2021 Australian Open
• QFs of 2021 Roland Garros
• 4th Rd of 2021 Wimbledon
• 4th Rd of 2021 US Open
• SFs of 2022 Australian Open
• Won 2022 Roland Garros
• 3rd Rd of 2022 Wimbledon
• Won 2022 US Open
• 4th Rd of 2023 Australian Open
• Won 2023 Roland Garros
• QFs of 2023 Wimbledon
• 4th Rd of 2023 US Open
• 3rd Rd of 2024 Australian Open
• Won 2024 Roland Garros
• 3rd Rd of 2024 Wimbledon (so far)

For the second straight match, Swiatek served up a storm—she held all 10 of her service games without facing a break point. And just like her last match she had more winners than unforced errors, 25 to 19 this time, including three aces to two double faults.

She closed the Croat out after an hour and 23 minutes on court.

Awaiting the five-time Grand Slam champion in the third round will be Yulia Putintseva, who took out No. 27 seed Katerina Siniakova in her second-round match, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2.

Swiatek has beaten Putintseva in straight sets in all four of their previous meetings, though this will be their first on grass.