Kvitová won three matches in a row in Florida for the first time this season, but did not add a fourth. With the eleven-year-younger rival, who will become world number one next week, she competed for the first time in her career and did not even play a hundred.
In the first set, Kvitová lost the service in the sixth game, when she led 15: 0, but Polka played the next four winners and took the lead 4: 2. She had already defended the lead and in 37 minutes got the introductory set for herself.
In the second set, Polka already had four chances in the third game to break the service of the Lioness from Fulnek, but she eventually defended the service. In the fifth game, however, Šwiateková was already successful and did not let go of the lead. She confirmed her dominance with a clean game when Kvitová presented at 3: 5 from the point of view of a Czech player.
Šwiateková won the WTA circuit for the fifteenth time in a row. “I’m in trouble now and I hope it lasts for a while. It’s not easy to play such a long series of victories. I’m sincerely happy to be healthy and to be able to play matches with players like Petra. She’s a legend,” she said historically. the first Polish tennis player on the world throne to address the two-time Wimbledon winner.
The winner of last year’s Roland Garros Šwiateková will play with Jessica Pegula from the home team to advance to the finals. The second semi-final pair consists of Swiss Belinda Bencicová and Japanese Naomi Osaka.
| MIAMI (hard surface) |
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| Women’s $ 8,584,055 Singles Quarterfinals: |
| Kvitova (28-CR) – Sviatekova (2-Pol.) 3: 6, 3: 6 |
