Every Swiatek (No. 1 in the ranking) surpassed Jule Niemeier (108th) in the round of 16 of the US Open to get into the last eight for the first time in search of the New York crown. Despite the fact that she struggled throughout the match with her tennis, she overcame the challenge with the category that she has built in the previous months with a 2-6, 6-4 and 6-0 in two hours and 23 minutes of play.
The one born in Warsaw 20 years ago has starred in the main tennis table for much of 2022. The 37 games won consecutively translated into six titles (Indian Wells, Miami, Stuttgart, Rome and Roland Garros) established her as the great rival to beat on tour since Ashleigh Barty left the stage as the WTA Tour leader.
At the US Open, the event in charge of closing the Grand Slam calendar, he won weight loss against Jasmine Paolini, Sloane Stephens and Lauren Davis. Against Germany’s Jule Niemeier, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon a few weeks ago, she lost the first set of the tournament, fought against the adversities that arose at the event and finally prevailed to become the first Pole to qualify among the last eight in New York. . Agnieszka Radwanska, former world No. 2 and finalist at the Cathedral of Tennis in 2012, had been left at the gates of that instance five times.
Iga Swiatek’s next challenge will be against the regularity of Jessica Pegula. The American, No. 8 in the ranking and a four-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist, arrived with the home card in her favor, defeating Petra Kvitova with a resounding 6-3, 6-2.
