In the early morning of July 31, Beijing time, in the third round of the women's singles at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Chinese player Wang Xiyu lost 3-6, 4-6 to Poland's Swiatek, ranked No. 1 in the world, and stopped the women's singles round of 16.
In the first set, Swiatek served first. In the first game, Swiatek held serve 40-30 after squandering a game point. In the second game, Wang Xiyu played 40-40 with his opponent after missing a game point, and then won 2 points in a row to hold serve. In the third game, Wang Xiyu won two consecutive break points at 40-15, but failed to grasp them, and the opponent won three points in a row to hold serve. In the fourth game, Wang Xiyu easily held serve 40-15. In the fifth game, Wang Xiyu forced a break point at 40-30, but failed to grasp it, and the opponent scored three points in a row to hold serve. In the sixth game, Swiatek won two consecutive break points at 40-15 to complete the break and take a 4-2 lead. In the seventh game, Swiatek easily held serve 40-0. In the eighth game, Wang Xiyu held serve 40-15 in the service game that had to be guaranteed. In the ninth game, Swiatek held serve 40-15 and won the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Wang Xiyu took the lead in serving. In the first game, Wang Xiyu gave her opponent 3 consecutive break points at 0-40, and after saving 2 break points, she was finally broken by her opponent. In the second game, Wang Xiyu broke the opponent. In the third game, after Wang Xiyu completed the break, he easily held serve 40-15. In the third game, Swiatek struggled to hold serve after wasting two game points. In the fifth game, Swiatek broke serve for the second time in the set, and then easily held serve 40-15 in the sixth game. In the seventh game, Wang Xiyu easily held serve 40-15. In the eighth game, Wang Xiyu won three consecutive break points at 40-0 to complete the break, and the two sides tied 4-4. In the ninth game, Swiatek broke serve for the third time in the set. In the tenth game, Swiatek won the game on serve and won the match point at 40-30. In the face of pressure, Wang Xiyu saved a match point and chased the score to a 40-40 draw. After that, Swiatek won two points in a row and successfully held serve to win the second set 6-4 and advance to the quarterfinals of the women's singles.