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Iga swiatek sofascore5/19/2023 The American 27th seed shattered Alizé Cornet’s bid to make a first grand slam semi-final at the 60th time of asking, cruising to a 7-5, 6-1 win against the French player to continue her resurgence after surgery last year for endometriosis. Swiatek, who is now 5-0 in three-set matches at grand slams in which she lost the first set, returns to action on Thursday to face American Danielle Collins in the semi-finals. In the previous round Kanepi dumped out second seed Aryna Sabalenka in arguably the upset of the tournament, but here she found herself in the presence of a 20-year-old who would not go lightly, who saved eight set points before eventually ceding the opening set and then utilised old-fashioned grit to hold on at key moments in the subsequent two before eventually prevailing 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3. On Wednesday she repeated the feat against Kanepi, the unseeded world No 115 and, at the age of 36, the oldest quarter-finalist across both the men’s and women’s singles. Against Sorana Cîrstea in the fourth round on Monday she lost the first set and rallied to win in three. Swiatek’s last two matches have been dogged examinations. There is that probability, but you never know what your opponent is going to do.” “I was actually thinking: ‘Where is like the biggest probability where she can hit the smash?’ It’s luck that you’re going to go the right way. “I wasn’t even thinking a lot, I was just running,” Swiatek said.
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