U.S. Open
The quarter-finals of the women’s singles took place on the 7th at the US Open (USA/New York, Hard, Grand Slam) of tennis, where the No. 1 seed I. Swiontek (Poland) beat the series n°8 J. Pegula (USA) 6 -6.3, 7-6 (7-4) loss in a row and reached the last 4 for the first time in the tournament.
[Combinaisons et résultats de Sifiontek et d’autres U.S. Open Women’s]
Swiontek, 21, who has won six titles on the tour this season, is making his fourth appearance at the US Open, having reached the last 16 last year. In this tournament, J. Paolini (Italy) ranked 56th in the world in the first round, S. Stevens (USA) ranked 51st and 2017 US Open champion in the second round, and L. Davis is ranked 105th in the third round. (USA) defeated the 108th ranked J. Niemeyer (Germany) in the fourth round. In the 1st set of this match, in the 5th game, Sifiontek was the first to break and lead with a game count of 2-3. However, he managed to win 4 games in a row from there and took the lead. In the following 2nd set, they fought for the break. Sifiontek entered the tie-break without taking advantage of two serves for the set. Still, he had four mini-breaks and won in 1 hour and 51 minutes. The victorious Swiontek will face the No. 6 seed A. Sabalenka in the semi-finals. Sabalenka defeated 22nd seed Ka Pliskova (Czech Republic) in straight sets 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) in the quarter-finals. In contrast, Pegura, who lost, did not break into the top four for the first time in the four major tournaments.
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