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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.