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World number one Swiatek into US Open quarter-finals

Swiatek defeated her 16th-ranked Russian rival 6-4, 6-1

By AFP
September 03, 2024
Poland’s Iga Swiatek smiles after defeating Russia’s Liudmila Samsonova during their women’s singles round of 16 match on day eight of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on September 2, 2024. — AFP
Poland’s Iga Swiatek smiles after defeating Russia’s Liudmila Samsonova during their women’s singles round of 16 match on day eight of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on September 2, 2024. — AFP

World number one Iga Swiatek reached her second US Open quarter-final on Monday with a straight sets win over Liudmila Samonsova to stay on course for a sixth Grand Slam title.

Swiatek defeated her 16th-ranked Russian rival 6-4, 6-1, reeling off eight of the last nine games, and will take on American sixth seed Jessica Pegula for a place in the semi-finals.

Four-time French Open champion Swiatek won the US Open in 2022, beating Pegula on the way in a one-sided last-eight tie.

Pegula made the quarter-finals earlier Monday with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Russia's Diana Shnaider.