In her first tournament of the season, Raducanu had arrived in the third round of the Australian Open for the first time in her career with two solid straight-sets wins over Ekaterina Alexandrova, the 26th seed, and Amanda Anisimova.
Since she first reached No 1 nearly three years ago, Swiatek has been the standard bearer for women's tennis and the 23-year-old has put herself on the path towards all-time greatness.
When Swiatek's game is flowing and her mind is clear, the combined quality of her violent ball-striking, athleticism and unrelenting focus is so great that, at some point or another, she has rendered nearly all of the best players in the world spectators in their own match.
Raducanu cut a lonely, solemn figure on one of the biggest tennis stadiums in the world as she was completely helpless in the face of a supreme Swiatek, who ruthlessly opened up her bakery to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open with a dominant 6-1, 6-0 win.
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