December 9, 2023
Iga Swiatek dominated American Jessica Pegula 6-1 6-0 to win the season-ending WTA Finals in Cancun on Monday and regain her world number one ranking from Aryna Sabalenka. The Polish player broke Pegula five times and won the final 11 games in a 59-minute slaughter to capture her first WTA Finals title in a match
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Cancun, Mexico – Second-ranked Iga Swiatek defeated world number one Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday to reach the title match of the WTA Finals, where she will face fellow unbeaten Jessica Pegula. By downing the reigning Australian Open champion, Swiatek denied Sabalenka a victory that would have clinched the year-end top ranking for the
READ MORENovak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek will both open their 2024 campaigns in Perth, Australia, after Serbia and Poland were drawn in the city for the mixed teams United Cup on Monday. Serbia will face the Czech Republic and China, while top seeds Poland meet Spain and a yet to be determined nation at the event
READ MOREWorld number two Iga Swiatek breezed into the China Open women’s final with a one-sided victory over Coco Gauff in Beijing on Saturday, handing the American her first defeat in 17 matches. Swiatek beat the U.S. Open champion 6-2, 6-3 to set up a clash with surprise package Liudmila Samsonova on Sunday. The Pole seized
READ MOREIga Swiatek will play Coco Gauff in the China Open women’s semifinals, after the world’s second and third-ranked players both won in Beijing on Friday. World number two Swiatek came from a set behind to defeat Caroline Garcia 6-7 (8/10), 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 in a match that hinged on two nail-biting tie-breaks. Gauff, the U.S.
READ MOREWorld number three Daniil Medvedev booked his place in the China Open men’s semi-finals with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 victory over France’s Ugo Humbert in Beijing on Monday. An error-strewn first set saw a combined five breaks of serve but Medvedev edged ahead in the ninth game and finished it off with an ace. Both
READ MOREEight-seeded Veronika Kudermetova upset No. 2 Iga Swiatek 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Friday. It was the No. 19-ranked Kudermetova’s first career win over Swiatek in five attempts. The Russian now advances to her sixth semifinal of the year where she’ll meet compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who earlier
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CNN — Jeļena Ostapenko extended her impressive unbeaten record over world No. 1 Iga Świątek on Sunday, eliminating the defending US Open champion in the round of 16 at Flushing Meadows. The sheer power from the big-hitting Ostapenko once again proved too much for Świątek, with the Latvian winning 3-6 6-3 6-1 to improve to
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Ostapenko’s typically fearless and aggressive approach rendered Swiatek helpless. Defending champion Iga Swiatek crashed out of the US Open on Sunday after defeat by Jelena Ostapenko and will lose her number one ranking, while Novak Djokovic marched into the quarter-finals. Swiatek grabbed the opening set against Ostapenko but the unpredictable Latvian stormed back to win
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When Iga Swiatek, the No. 1 women’s player in the world, took the first set against Jelena Ostapenko on Sunday night, it seemed like business as usual. Swiatek, a four-time Grand Slam champion at 22, after all, was the reigning U.S. Open champion, and going into her match against Ostapenko, she had not dropped a
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