Iga Swiatek came through her third round match at the US Open yesterday without facing a single break point 👏🏼 And the World No.1 has revealed what Serena Williams told her in a ‘star-striking’ interaction…

Iga Swiatek has revealed what Serena Williams told her ahead of her US Open third round match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, with the World No.1 winning in straight sets fashion once again.

Swiatek beat her Russian opponent, 6-4 6-2, without facing a single break point on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Despite the comfortable nature of her victories at the US Open so far this year, Swiatek admitted after the match that she still has areas to improve.

It’s not like my tennis is perfect,” said Swiatek. “It is weird because I have been number one and winning tournaments, I feel I need to work on some stuff.”

The 23-year-old continued, “It’s not like I need to do that much work because I kind of have the tools, but sometimes it’s just hard to use them. I couldn’t really focus well on my first-round match, and I wanted to improve that.

“I gave myself time and acceptance that it may not be perfect, but step by step I can, yeah, as you said, have better focus and have better mindset. Today it was for sure a little bit better, yeah.”

Before her match even took place yesterday Swiatek spoke with Serena Williams, who returned to Flushing Meadows and watched some matches.

And Swiatek relayed what the 23-time major winner told her, “It was really nice to see her. She has a lot of positive energy. It’s nice that she came on-site and she was chatting with the players. It was nice that she approached me, because I wouldn’t, for sure, find courage to do that.

“Even though we met before and for like a couple of years we have been on the same sides and on tour together, she’s still like star-striking for me.”

The Pole added, “I’m happy that she’s following tennis and my game because she told me that she’s cheering for me. It’s always nice to hear that from somebody like Serena.”