{"id":289385,"date":"2023-09-03T22:32:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T22:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=289385"},"modified":"2023-09-03T22:32:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T22:32:14","slug":"iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek thrashes \u2018best friend\u2019 Kaja Juvan at US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iga Swiatek didn\u2019t enjoy beating her best friend <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletter\/sport\/sport-135x135.png\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" i-amphtml-layout=\"responsive\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing<\/h3>\n<h3>Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news<\/h3>\n<h2>Thanks for signing up to the<br \/> Sport email<\/h2>\n<p>The next time <strong>Iga Swiatek<\/strong> takes her best friend <strong>Kaja Juvan<\/strong> out for dinner, bagels are unlikely to be on the menu.<\/p>\n<p>The world No 1 and defending US Open champion thrashed Slovakian qualifier Juvan 6-0, 6-1 to reach the fourth round at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n<p>The pair had been out for a meal in New York just last week, and Swiatek spoke of their enduring friendship on the WTA Tour before the match.<\/p>\n<p>But with friends like Swiatek, who needs enemies? The Pole surrendered just eight points as she raced away with the first set to love in only 33 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Juvan did at least avoid the dreaded \u2018double bagel\u2019, finally getting a game on the board 40 minutes into the match for 3-1 in the second and raising her arms aloft in mock triumph to the acclaim of the Louis Armstrong crowd.<\/p>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/01\/08\/GettyImages-1649199885.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/01\/04\/31-fe4a8b22ff6b4637bd3406c47204798e.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/08\/29\/09\/29-c26e2630ad244a36be0d15bc9f5becfd.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>But it was only delaying the inevitable, with Swiatek wrapping up another clinical, statement victory \u2013 she beat Rebecca Peterson by the same scoreline in the first round \u2013 in well under an hour.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/01\/20\/SEI169714702.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Swiatek was ruthless in victory <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t like that I was winning with my best friend but I knew I had to be focused and not think about that,\u201d said the 22-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like playing your sister. I don\u2019t have many friends and she\u2019s my best friend so that was the toughest, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the first match of the day in Arthur Ashe Stadium, 14th-seeded American <strong>Tommy Paul<\/strong> moved into the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the first time, defeating <strong>Alejandro Davidovich Fokina<\/strong> of Spain 6-1, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3. Paul served up the last of his 15 aces to close out the match<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like I served a lot better, came to the net and played full-court tennis,\u201d said Paul, who reached the semifinals of the Australian Open this year.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, No 10<strong> Karolina Muchova<\/strong> moved into the women\u2019s fourth round with a 7-6 (0), 6-3 victory over <strong>Taylor Townsend.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/08\/29\/03\/29-4b637847d1af4599971ef7618d48603b.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/08\/28\/11\/newFile-2.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/08\/28\/10\/GettyImages-1422604245.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Muchova, who reached the final of this year\u2019s French Open, equalled her best showing at Flushing Meadows by pushing the serve-and-volleying American off the net and onto the baseline. The 132nd-ranked Townsend won just 23 of 70 baseline points and had 39 unforced errors.<\/p>\n<p>Muchova came into the U.S. Open with a career-high ranking and momentum after reaching the final of this month\u2019s tune-up event in Cincinnati, losing to American Coco Gauff in straight sets. She next faces<strong> Xinyu Wang<\/strong> of China, a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 winner over <strong>Anna Karolina Schmiedlova<\/strong> of Slovakia.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/us-open-result-iga-swiatek-b2403556.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iga Swiatek didn\u2019t enjoy beating her best friend Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Iga Swiatek thrashes \u2018best friend\u2019 Kaja Juvan at US Open - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iga Swiatek thrashes \u2018best friend\u2019 Kaja Juvan at US Open - Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iga Swiatek didn\u2019t enjoy beating her best friend Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-03T22:32:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Iga-Swiatek-thrashes-\u2018best-friend-Kaja-Juvan-at-US-Open.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/\",\"name\":\"Iga Swiatek thrashes \u2018best friend\u2019 Kaja Juvan at US Open - Sports-Life-News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-03T22:32:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-03T22:32:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tennis\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/category\/tennis\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Iga Swiatek thrashes \u2018best friend\u2019 Kaja Juvan at US Open\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sports-Life-News\",\"description\":\"sports-life-news.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Iga Swiatek thrashes \u2018best friend\u2019 Kaja Juvan at US Open - Sports-Life-News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iga Swiatek thrashes \u2018best friend\u2019 Kaja Juvan at US Open - Sports-Life-News","og_description":"Iga Swiatek didn\u2019t enjoy beating her best friend Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up...","og_url":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/","og_site_name":"Sports-Life-News","article_published_time":"2023-09-03T22:32:14+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Iga-Swiatek-thrashes-\u2018best-friend-Kaja-Juvan-at-US-Open.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/","url":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/","name":"Iga Swiatek thrashes \u2018best friend\u2019 Kaja Juvan at US Open - Sports-Life-News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-09-03T22:32:14+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-03T22:32:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-thrashes-best-friend-kaja-juvan-at-us-open\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tennis","item":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/category\/tennis\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Iga Swiatek thrashes \u2018best friend\u2019 Kaja Juvan at US Open"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/","name":"Sports-Life-News","description":"sports-life-news.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}