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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 […]
ESPN News ServicesSep 4, 2023, 12:21 AM ET2 Minute Read Ostapenko upsets No.1 Swiatek in three setsJelena Ostapenko hits a forehand winner on match point to complete the upset against Iga Swiatek. NEW YORK — Defending champion and No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek lost to Jelena Ostapenko in the fourth round of the US Open on […]
ESPN News ServicesAug 28, 2023, 02:26 PM ET3 Minute Read Iga Swiatek cruises into 2nd round of US OpenNo. 1 seed Iga Swiatek defeats Rebecca Peterson in straight sets to advance to the second round of the US Open. World number one Iga Swiatek got her US Open title defense off to a dominant start […]
NEW YORK — As good as she’s been this year, Iga Swiatek came to the US Open unsure of what to expect. She complained that women use different, slightly lighter, tennis balls than men do at Flushing Meadows, where she’d never been past the fourth round. She was trying to grow accustomed to the noise […]
Iga Świątek has reached yet another peak in her transcendent 2022 season. The 21-year-old defeated Ons Jabeur in Saturday’s US Open women’s final, becoming the first Polish woman to win the tournament. Świątek, the 2022 French Open champion, also became the first woman since Angelique Kerber in 2016 to win two majors in the same […]
The 2022 U.S. Open is coming to an end, with the women’s final set for Saturday. No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek takes on No. 5 Ons Jabeur with a grand slam title on the line. Both players are making their first appearances in the U.S. Open final. The match is set to begin at 4 […]
NEW YORK — Iga Swiatek will face Ons Jabeur in the US Open women’s final after the No. 1-ranked player came back to beat No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka in the second semifinal on Thursday night. Swiatek grabbed the last four games, and 16 of the last 20 points, to beat Sabalenka 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 . […]
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