Roland-Garros: Win No 33, Grand Slam semi-final 3 for Swiatek after defeating Pegula
Iga Swiatek won against Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon. She’ll play No 20 seed Daria Kasatkina in the next round
Poland’s Iga Swiatek reacts during her quarter final match against Jessica Pegula of the U.S. (Aurelien Morissard/Panoramic)
Iga Swiatek, the top seed, advanced to the semi-finals of Roland-Garros by beating American Jessica Pegula, the No 11 seed, 6-3, 6-2.
It was her 33rd win in a row – the third-best streak since the year 2000, behind Venus Williams (who got 35 wins in a row that year) and Serena Williams (34 wins in a row in 2013).
Swiatek, ranked No 1, will play No 20 seed Daria Kasatkina next.
The Pole – who turned 21 on Tuesday – won against Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko (6-2, 6-0), American Alison Riske (6-0, 6-2), Montenegrin Danka Kovinic (6-3, 7-5) and Chinese Qinwen Zheng (6-7 [5], 6-0, 6-2) in the previous rounds. Pegula, ranked No 11, won against Chinese Qiang Wang (6-2, 6-4), Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina (6-1, 5-7, 6-4), Slovenian Tamara Zidansek, the No 24 seed (6-1, 7-6 [2]) and Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (4-6, 6-2, 6-3).
Paris (Grand Slam): Other last 8 results (Stade Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 43.600.000, most recent results first):
- Daria Kasatkina beat Veronika Kudermetova (29): 6-4, 7-6 [5]
- Coco Gauff (18) beat Sloane Stephens: 7-5, 6-2
- Martina Trevisan beat Leylah Fernandez (17): 6-2, 6-7 [3], 6-3
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