Swiatek Tops Shnaider in Straight Sets to Make NBO Semifinals
Swiatek never faced a break point and closed out the match in 64 minutes after breaking Shnaider five times, officials said.
- On Monday, six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek of Poland advanced to the WTA Toronto Masters semifinals, defeating Russian Diana Shnaider 6-2, 6-1 in 64 minutes.
- Currently ranked world number eight, the 25-year-old Swiatek has not reached a tournament final since winning her 26th WTA tour title at the Korea Open almost a year ago.
- Without facing a single break-point chance, Swiatek controlled the match and took 11 of 16 points returning Shnaider's second serves during the dominant performance.
- On Wednesday, Swiatek will face either Ukraine's Elina Svitolina or Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova for a final spot, while top doubles seeds Katerina Siniakova of Czechia and Shuai Zhang of China advanced.
- This year's tournament marks just the second time in the Open era that all eight women's quarterfinalists at Canada's national championship were seeded, a milestone not reached since 1991.
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At the top-tier tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, seventh-seeded Iga Swiatek and ninth-seeded Ukrainian Elina Svitolina were the first to reach the semifinals.
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