Iga Swiatek makes winning start in Stuttgart

Iga Swiatek is the defending champion at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and she made a winning start at the event beating Qinwen Zheng 6-1 6-4.

Having won it last year Swiatke hopes to finally defend a trophy this year after losing a couple of chances earlier in the year. She didn't defend Indian Wells or Miami and now it's finally time to do so. Facing Zheng was not easy because their last match was very tricky with Swiatek barely pulling through at last year's Roland Garros.

The first set wasn't quite competitive though as Swiatek came out on fire smashing Zheng 6-1. The Chinese player struggled immensely on her serve because she didn't serve that well. Her serve is still a huge part of her game and likely won't ever stop being and only 53 % certainly didn't help her.

The second set was much more competitive as Zheng was able to break Swiatek in that set. The Polish player held an early lead but gave it back later to make it 4-4 but Zheng couldn't hold on and lost it 6-4.