The only women’s match featuring Grand Slam singles champions in the third round at the Australian Open turned out to be an overpowering win by Iga Swiatek over Emma Raducanu.

It was a year of frequent coaching changes for Raducanu. Having won the U.S. Open with Andrew Richardson, she replaced him with Torben Beltz just two months after winning the title. By April 2022, Beltz was out and Dimitry Tursunov, who had worked with Annett Kontaveit while she reached No. 2 in the world, was in.

Iga Swiatek is advancing to the third round of the Australian Open after easily beating Rebecca Sramkova, 6-0, 6-2 on Thursday. With this win, Swiatek puts herself above the rest of the tennis field,