London (AP) -iga Swiateek reached Wimbledon’s semi-finals for the first time with a 6-2, 7-5 victory in 19th place …
London (AP) – Iga Swiatek reached the Wimbledon Semi-finals for the first time with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over the 19th placed Liudmila Samsonova who went from a walk to a bit of a struggle in the late stages on Wednesday.
“Although I am in the middle of the tournament, I already have goose bumps after this victory,” said Swiatek, who will not be confronted for a place in the final on Thursday. “I am super happy and super proud of myself.”
Bencic defeated No. 7 Mirra Andreeva 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) to reach her first Grand Slam semi-final since the US Open 2019. The other semi-final is number 1 Aryna Sabalenka against No. 13 Amanda Anisimova; They continued on Tuesday with victories.
Bencic, who is a decade older than Andreeva at the age of 28, competes in her second major tournament since they returned to the Tour after the birth of a daughter in April 2024.
Swiatek is A five-time Grand SLAM championWith four of those titles on the red clay of the French open, and the other on the hard courts of the US open. She has also been a semi -finalist twice at the Hardcourt Australian Open.
The grass courts of the All England Club had always given her the most problems as a professional, although she claimed a junior championship there in 2018. In her five gigs in the Wimbledon Women’s Bracket before this year, she had only achieved it once a quarterfinals, in that round in 2023.
But the 24-year-old from Poland enjoys a career-best run on the smooth surface, partly thanks to being more comfortable with the required foot.
“I certainly feel that I really worked hard to progress here on this surface,” said Swiateek. “So this year I have the feeling that I can just work with it and work with myself. I will just keep doing that.”
Before the start of Wimbledon, Swiatek was second in Bad Homburg, Germany, her first final in a tournament that was played on grass and her first final at any event in more than a year, a drought that resulted in the fall of the number 1 ranking and no. 8 was sown in the All England Club.
Her rough period Recorded a prohibition of one month last season in a doping case after an investigation had determined that a failed drug test outside the competition was caused by an unintended contamination of non-recipe medication for problems with jet lag and sleep. On the field, a Semi-final loss for Sabalenka at Roland-Garros Last month, Swiatek’s 26-match French open-winning series ended.
Swiatek led by a set and 3-0 in the second against Samsonova, which appeared in her first quarter final of Grand Slam.
But soon it was 4-all, then 5-all. But Swiatek held in for a 6-5 lead, then broke to end it and a smile spread over her face.
“I will just recover today, try not to celebrate too much, but are already concentrating on the next one,” said Swiatek. “Prepare yourself in the evening and I’ll be ready tomorrow.”
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