Swiatek eases past Siegemund in first match of clay-court season & first with new coach

[p]The former world number one, whose previous outing was a surprise early exit at the hands of compatriot Magda Linette at the Miami Open last month, saw off home hope [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/siegemund-laura/ETkoNgxJ/"]Siegemund[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/siegemund-l-ETkoNgxJ/swiatek-i-jNyZsXZe/summary/stats/?mid=tSIV7CzA"]6-2, 6-3 in the last 16[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Swiatek[/a] parted ways with Wim Fissette following her second-round loss in Miami before linking up with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/roig-francisco/61o57d7n/"]Roig[/a], who was part of Rafael Nadal's coaching team for many years.[/p][p]The six-time Grand Slam champion has struggled for form so far this season, failing to reach a semi-final, but she looked at home back on clay, the surface on which she has won 10 WTA titles including four French Open trophies, easily swatting aside Siegemund.[/p][p]The Pole, who received a first-round bye as the third seed, broke serve five times in total as Siegemund never threatened an upset.[/p][embed guid="8d722334-f2b8-4253-abe8-968661e41119" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4auoEhaTnHI" social-type="youtube" /][p]Swiatek will face either Alycia Parks or [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Mirra Andreeva[/a] in the quarter-finals.[/p][p]Having won the 500-level event in Linz last week, world number nine Andreeva has started her clay-court season in fine fettle, and she claimed a battling 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 win in the first round to eliminate reigning champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ostapenko-jelena/Gloq9MUN/"]Jelena Ostapenko[/a].[/p][p]Andreeva raced into a 2-0 lead in the round of 32 match in Germany, before Ostapenko clawed back level, but the 18-year-old immediately regained the initiative by breaking in the fifth game to edge ahead once more.[/p][p]The Russian creaked at the last though as back-to-back double faults when serving for the opening set at 5-4 and deuce let Ostapenko back in.[/p][p]Ostapenko took full advantage of that reprieve by winning the next two games to claim the set, sealing the deal with a brutal cross-court backhand winner on Andreeva's serve.[/p][p]Andreeva hit back by breaking the Latvian in the third game of the second frame.[/p][p]Despite another untimely double fault at deuce when serving for the set, Andreeva held her nerve this time to hold and force a decider.[/p][p]After exchanging breaks early in the third set, Andreeva pounced on Ostapenko's serve to get ahead 5-4 as she claimed victory in her first-ever meeting with the 2017 Roland Garros champion.[/p][p]American Parks defeated Germany's Noma Noha Akugue in straight sets.[/p][p]Earlier, fifth seed Jasmine Paolini collapsed to a first-round 6-2, 6-2 defeat against world number 79 Zeynep Sonmez.[/p]