At Roland Garros, Simona Halep was on a 17-match winning streak, she was the tournament favorite and the No. 1 seed. Iga Swiatek didn't seem to care about any of those stats as she only needed 70 minutes to dispatch the Romanian, 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday.

It was night and day from the last time these two met, which was in the same round in Paris last year. Swiatek would get swept off the court, only collecting one game against the two-time Grand Slam champion.

"I was thinking about it, because as I said it was like a huge lesson for me," Swiatek said. "I knew that I can play differently and I can finally show my best tennis. So I was thinking about it, but more like in a positive way because I was thinking of a whole process that I've made and progress."

This time around, Swiatek felt more equipped to handle the big moment.

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"I knew this is a great opportunity for me and I can play my best tennis on biggest stadium because I already played like four matches like that," Swiatek told press. "And right now I'm more experienced, I can handle the pressure. So I feel like I grown up to play a match like that and to win it."

Not scared of the weight of the moment, Swiatek struck 30 winners, faced zero break points and generated a total of 14 break points to reach the quarterfinals of a major for the first time in her young career.

The Pole is in uncharted territory, but she's not thinking about what round she's in and the title looming in the distance, she's concerned solely on just continuing to play her game. The world No. 54 will next face qualifier Martina Trevisan who is having a fantastic and unexpected breakthrough in Paris.

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Swiatek is also still alive in the doubles draw with Nicole Melichar. If the teenager were to capture the singles and doubles titles at Roland Garros, she would become the first to accomplish the feat since Mary Pierce in 2000.

Quick Facts:

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It's her first ever Top-10 win.

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She's the second Polish woman in the Open Era to reach the last eight in Paris

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Her career-high ranking