Swiatek's forehand and backhand were on point during the first set and she was also able to force errors out of the British star, who was clearly struggling to come to grips with the Polish star's ...

This is the surprise semifinal. Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff, the No. 1 and 3 seeds, respectively, were supposed to be here. Instead we’ll get a duel between an unseeded Russian ranked 26th, and an ...

Iga Swiatek sealed her Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships third-round win over Dayana Yastremska by winning the last eight ...

“For sure, I think, yeah, she plays well against me,” Swiatek said after her last meeting with Ostapenko, at the 2023 US Open. It wasn’t a statement that really needed to be made. A few minutes ...

She is yet to better that figure. Swiatek found the right balance of knowing when to attack and when to retreat, and used her topspin forehand to devastating effect. It can feel unnatural for a ...

She banged a return and then watched a Swiatek forehand sail long. She clutched her fists and screamed and let the biggest smile in years stretch across her cheeks. Dumbfounded, she trotted to the ...

It brought up Keys' first match point, and her first lead in the tiebreak, and Swiatek couldn't pull out a save on her serve, sending a forehand long and Keys into her second major final.

7-5 and 8-7 — all of those moments potential backbreakers — before reeling off the last three points and joyfully screaming into her racket as Swiatek’s final forehand sailed long.

Jelena Ostapenko broke five times thrashing Iga Swiatek 6-3, 6-1 snapping the three-time champion’s 15-match Doha winning streak to power into her second Doha final. Photo credit: MohamedFarag/Getty ...

She had found her range. Both on her first serve and on her forehand. What followed was unpredictable. The American broke Swiatek in the first game of the second set, then held her own serve.