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World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland nearly delivered her second-round opponent a double bagel, instead settling for a 6-0, 6-1 triumph over Japanese qualifier Ena Shibahara at the U.S. Open on Thursday in New York.
The match lasted just 65 minutes, though much of that was eaten up by the second game of the second set, where Shibahara rallied from a 40-15 deficit to win a game
