She couldn’t win a single game.
In the third round of the French Open on Saturday, Wang Xinyu of China had to believe there was at least a chance she could defeat Iga Swiatek, the event’s reigning women’s singles champion and top seed. Wang is no slouch, after all. She is a hard-hitting 21-year-old who in April hit a career-high ranking of 59th in the world, and she can put up a viable fight against the very best.
But she lost, and it was as ugly as can be: 6-0, 6-0 — in tennis parlance, a dreaded double bagel.