Australian Open: Iga Swiatek breezes past Emma Raducanu in straight sets, Navarro wins

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. Emma Navarro secured a hard-fought win against Ons Jabeur to make it to Round 4.

In Short

• Swiatek beat Raducanu 6-1, 6-0 at the Rod Laver Arena
• Raducanu committed 11 unforced errors against Swiatek
• Swiatek will face either Lys or Tristan in Round 4

Iga Swiatek continued her brilliant run of form in the Australian Open 2025 as she breezed past the challenge from the former US Open champion Emma Raducanu in straight sets on Saturday, January 18. Swiatek defeated Raducanu in straight sets with a scoreline of 6-1, 6-0 in what was a show of pure dominance from the Polish star, who is yet to lose a set in Melbourne so far.

Raducanu, who was competing in her first-ever third round clash at the Australian Open, had claimed that she was embracing the underdog tag against Swiatek. While the British star expected a big test of her skills, Swiatek completely overhauled her with her power and precise shots at the Rod Laver Arena on Saturday. The first service from the Polish star sort of set the tone for the entire match as she completely dominated Raducanu.

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There was some fight from the British star in the second game of the first set as she was able to force a deuce after trailing 15-40 at one point. Raducanu was able to take the game in the end to level things up as the crowd felt they could be in for a treat. But Swiatek would quickly shake it off and came back stronger in the remaining games.

Swiatek's forehand and backhand were on point during the first set and she was also able to force errors out of the British star, who was clearly struggling to come to grips with the Polish star's intensity. Ultimately, Swiatek took home the first set in 31 minutes.

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Raducanu would start the second set showing some fight as she once again forced Swiatek to deuce and seemed on the verge of breaking the former World No.1. But the Polish star would come back to take the game. The British star would force a couple of errors from Swiatek in the second one, but the Polish star would quickly put up a 4-0 lead.

The 5th game did see Raducanu battling hard to prevent Swiatek from running away with the game, but her efforts were futile in the end. Swiatek would finally serve to wrap up the game in one hour and 10 minutes to move to the 4th round.

Swiatek was able to get 14 winners during the match and didn't give away any break points to the British star throughout the match. 3 double faults and 11 unforced errors proved to be the undoing of Raducanu in the end as Swiatek will now look forward to facing the winner of the clash between Eva Lys and Jacqueline Tristan.

Navarro overcomes Jabeur

In another 3rd round clash, which started at the same time as Swiatek vs Raducanu, Emma Navarro was able to overcome the stern challenge from Ons Jabeur 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to continue her progress in the Australian Open.

In what was a topsy-turvy contest, Navarro had raced into a 5-0 lead in the first set before Jabeur managed to mount a comeback to make it 5-4. Game 10 was played with high intensity with 2 deuces coming in before Navarro would seal it.

The second set saw Jabeur getting out of the blocks quickly and racing into a 3-0 lead before Navarro was able to break the Tunisian star. The American would make it 3-2 with her serve and it did seem like she was going to break Jabeur once again. But the Tunisian star would make a comeback to save 3 break points and went on to win the game.

Jabeur was able to break Navarro to win the set 6-3 and push the game into the decider. The third set saw both women win points off their own serve before Navarro was able to break Jabeur in Game 5. The next one was a highly intense contest, which saw Jabeur break Navarro to tie things up at 3-3.

Navarro returned the favour in Game 7 to take the lead once again before serving to make it 5-3. While Jabeur did get another point, it proved to be a mere consolation in the end as Navarro wrapped up the match in 2 hours and 3 minutes.

The American will now face the winner of the clash between Yulia Putintseva and Daria Kasatkina in the 4th round.