The match was delayed late in the third set for what organizers called a “medical incident” apparently among the spectators inside Malaga’s Palacio de Deportes.
“She pushed me,” Swiatek said after the tie was won 2-0. “There was a lot of pressure in the tiebreaker and it went her way, but I knew I could get back in it in the third set.”
She underscored the importance of Magda Linette’s opening win in the tie.
“We both did it, and also the whole Polish team,” the five-time Grand Slam winner said after making her BJK Finals debut.
