Swiatek has said she felt a lot of pressure last year from high expectations and the 35-match winning streak she carried into Wimbledon. “I do feel more relaxed. I think also because I won Roland Garros and I feel like after that the pressure is a little bit off because I reached my goal kind of for the season,” she said.
Ons Jabeur, the No. 6 seed and runner-up to Rybakina a year ago, needed only 45 minutes to get past Bai Zhuoxuan of China 6-1, 6-1 to reach the third round. 

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The Tunisian player was pleased with the win, of course, but also happy to talk about meeting David Beckham two days earlier. “Oh, amazing. Such an amazing person,” said Jabeur, a big football fan and a former player herself. “I was really looking forward to meet him. We talked about football, about his daughter, tennis in general. Him maybe watching a couple matches in US. So let’s see.”

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