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A streak of straight sets. In early Sydney action Spains world number nine Paula Badosa swept past Latvias Jelena Ostapenko 7-6 71 6-1.

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Revised main draw at the Sydney Tennis Classic after Iga Swiatek withdrew due to rib injury.

. The Briton will instead play Rybakina. Swiatek split with long-time coach Piotr Sierzputowski at the end of last year and has teamed up with Tomasz Wiktorowski for this trip. Swiatek didnt lose a set in Adelaide last year en route to winning her second career title and her sets won streak at the event has now reached 14. Give her a left hand.

With the win Swiatek also improved to 14-3 against left-handers at pro levelShes won her last six matches against southpaws dating back to a 2020 loss to Arantxa. Swiatek was due to open her Sydney campaign against US Open champion Emma Raducanu who missed the Melbourne Summer Set tournament last week as she continued to recover from coronavirus. Swiatek said Wiktorowski who previously mentored former world number two Agnieszka Radwanska had quickly understood the kind of relationship she wanted with a coach.

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