The teenager Linda Noskova ranked 50th beat the top seed (top ranked) Iga Swiatek in Australian Open 2024 after easy win over Swiatek 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 for third round on Saturday.
The world Number one (1st) Iga Swiatek is out of the Australian open 2024, she was struggling and suffering a third-round exit at the hands of unseeded teenager Linda Noskova, losing with 6-3 3-6 6-4.
Linda Nosková (born 17 November 2004) is a Czech professional tennis player. She defeats the world Number one at an Australian Open 2024 since Amelie Mauresmo beat Lindsay Davenport in the 1999 semi-finals.
L. Swiatek, also defeated Danielle Collins in three sets i the second round, appeared to be in complete control when taking the opening set 6-3.
She was aggressive right from the first ball and then never look back. Noskova was competitive, with her first serve a real weapon, but after first set, she was proving inconsistent with it and Swiatek threatened to break on multiple occasions in the second set before the Pole was herself broken to love.
fter losing the second set 3-6, She started the third set in a more confident way. It suddenly meant that Noskova was serving for the set, forcing a decider, and not only did she do that, but she started the third set much the stronger of the two players.
The Czech broke again in the third game, only for Swiatek to earn it back immediately. But, in the seventh game, Noskova earned the crucial break and then nerveless served out the set to stun Swiatek.
World number one Iga Swiatek became the latest top-10 seed to crash out of the Australian Open on Saturday as Carlos Alcaraz sent a chilling warning to his rivals.
But the tournament is turning into a graveyard for the seeds and the 22-year-old four-time major winner lost her way after winning the first set, going down 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Poland’s Swiatek came into the third-round match against 50th-ranked Linda Noskova on an 18-match unbeaten run, targeting a first title at Melbourne Park.
On the other hand, the four-time Grand Slam winner has yet to win in Melbourne, with a semi-final run in 2022 still her best showing. Her earliest exit at the tournament since losing in the second round on her debut in 2019.
After winning the match Noskova said, “I’m speechless. Obviously, I knew it was going to be an amazing match, she’s such a great player, but I didn’t really think it would end up like this.
“I’m just really glad to get through this one. I was really shaking (when serving for the match).”
Iga Swiatek Press Conference: Link below
Iga Swiatek Press Conference | Australian Open 2024 Third Round (youtube.com)
Who is Linda Noskova?
Linda Noskova (born 17 November 2004) is a Czech professional tennis player. She touches her best single Carrer WTA ranking, 41 on August, 2023 and Carrer high double’s ranking 160, set on October 2022.
There is a raise i performance of player after every match and In August 2022, she became the youngest player ranked in the world’s top 100 and in February 2023 the youngest in the top 50. On the ITF Circuit, she has collected six singles titles, and one doubles title. Her biggest title wins so far came at the $100k Reinert Open in Versmold in 2022.
From an early age, Nosková showed signs of becoming a promising tennis player. As a junior, she peaked at world No. 5 in the rankings, achieved on 14 June 2021. She won the French Open 2021 in the girl’s single event and made the semifinals of the girl’s doubles event, as well as the girls’ doubles quarterfinals of the Australian Open 2020.
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