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World No. 1 Swiatek into US Open quarterfinals

Agence France-Presse
World No. 1 Swiatek into US Open quarterfinals
Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates defeating Russia's Liudmila Samsonova during their women's singles round of 16 match on Day 8 of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on September 2, 2024.
Angela Weiss / AFP

NEW YORK – World No. 1 Iga Swiatek reached her second US Open quarterfinal on Monday (Tuesday Manila time) 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.
 

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