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 ...

Over the last couple of weeks, Swiatek rediscovered more of that margin, spinning her forehand to devastating effect and giving her opponents absolutely nothing even when under pressure.

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

But she also caught Swiatek off guard with her forehand down the line in several key moments, particularly after pulling the Pole forwards with short forehand slices: two such winners paved the way to ...

“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 ...

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.

covering the court well while also reading Swiatek's shots to set up winners and the Russian broke the world number two once more, firing a forehand return down the line on set point. The 17-year ...

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.