"You have to adapt because they don't give any advantage," Swiatek's words on the quality of the balls in Cincinnati

With a bye in hand, Swiatek began her Cincinnati campaign with a win against Potapova (6-1, 6-4), before advancing due to Kostyuk's withdrawal in the next round. In the press zone, the Polish player discussed the difficulty of adapting to the tournament's conditions. The issue? The quality of the balls.

"I try to stay humble and remind myself that I have to adapt to these balls because, in themselves, they don’t provide any advantage. They’re light and very different from the ones we use on clay or at Wimbledon.

The only way to handle them is to focus on adapting as much as possible and accepting that there will be shots that fly off the racket, while trying to control them as best I can."

In the next round, she will face the winner of the match between China’s Yuan and Romania’s Cirstea.