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All the signs before the match pointed to a comfortable Swiatek win.<\/p>\n
She had lost only five games in her previous three Grand Slam matches – including a 6-0 6-0 victory over Amanda Anisimova in July’s Wimbledon final – and had won 14 successive sets at the majors.<\/p>\n
US Open debutant Lamens, meanwhile, had not been beyond the second round of a Grand Slam before.<\/p>\n
That gulf was evident early on, with Lamens failing to hit a single winner in the opening set.<\/p>\n
But Swiatek, who won the Cincinnati Open in the build-up to Flushing Meadows, lost her way in set two.<\/p>\n
The six-time Grand Slam champion and her coaching team began to show the frustration of some wayward groundstrokes, which contributed to a match total of 29 unforced errors.<\/p>\n
Swiatek, though, regained some control in the decider and shrugged off handing back one of her breaks of serve to set up a tie with Kalinskaya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n