Error-strewn Swiatek sees off Bejlek to reach third round of French Open

[p]The four-time Roland Garros champion is seeking to reclaim the title she won three times consecutively between 2022 and 2024, before losing out at the semi-final stage to top seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Aryna Sabalenka[/a] last season.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Swiatek[/a], 24, has recently teamed up with Rafael Nadal's former coach Francisco Roig and has been preparing for the clay-court Grand Slam at the Spanish great's tennis academy in Mallorca.[/p][p][b]"I spent a week in Mallorca, which is amazing, because starting the clay-court season there gave me a lot of motivation,"[/b] Swiatek said on court.[/p][p]After a comfortable opening win in Paris against Australian wildcard [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jones-emerson/WCpmB755/"]Emerson Jones[/a], the Pole faced a tougher challenge in the round of 64 against Abu Dhabi winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bejlek-sara/jVCKq0LH/"]Bejlek[/a].[/p][p][b]"She has a tricky style of game... she mixes up the rhythm quite well,"[/b] Swiatek added of her 20-year-old opponent, who she played for the first time.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="64211716-e36a-4c62-a75b-1fea454e53a1" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="84c65f23-8f6c-429f-81e3-5a85219aedcf" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]With a slight blustering wind creeping across centre court, which the sun-drenched spectators doubtless appreciated, both players struggled on serve initially with three consecutive breaks in the early exchanges.[/p][p]Swiatek then looked to have firmly gained the upper hand from the baseline but Bejlek battled to stay with the former world number one and saved a set point to break back to 5-2 - Swiatek finishing that game with back-to-back double faults.[/p][p][b]But the diminutive Czech's own service problems came back to bite her as Swiatek broke for the fourth time to claim the opener.[/b][/p][p]Swiatek held serve to claim a mammoth opening game in the second frame as both women found their range with their groundstrokes.[/p][p]But Swiatek proved the more powerful of the two as she broke in the next game before moving through the rest of the set to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/bejlek-s-jVCKq0LH/swiatek-i-jNyZsXZe/?mid=GGsJM0aC"]book her last-32 berth[/a], despite dropping serve two times.[/p][p]There she will meet either fellow former French Open champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ostapenko-jelena/Gloq9MUN/"]Jelena Ostapenko[/a] or compatriot [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/linette-magda/vXvzyRlq/"]Magda Linette[/a].[/p]