US Open Flushing Meadows New York 03/09/2023 Day 7 Iga Swiatek (POL) loses fourth round match Photo Roger Parker International Sports Fotos Ltd
Iga Swiatek’s return to tennis after an early US Open loss hit the buffers in Tokyo, with the top seed humbled 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in Friday’s WTA quarter-finals..
World No. 2 Swiatek, who went out in an Open fourth-round upset, lost to an opponent whom she had defeated four times, with Kudermetova winning a total of 10 games.
But the eighth-seeded underdog took her revenge in just under two and a half hours, breaking three times and helped by six double-faults from the Pole.
“I tried to just believe that I can beat her. Today it happened,” the winner said.
“I’m really happy that I managed to switch (past results) and win a match.”
The tone was established in the first set, with Swiatek plagued by 20 unforced errors as she lost serve twice in the opener.
The final set was a repeat of the first, with Swiatek handing over a double-fault to fall a double break down on the way to defeat.
Kudermetova set up a semi-final date in the capital against two-time finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who advanced over Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 7-5 in their quarter-final.
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