| Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 29 August-11 September |
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World number one Iga Swiatek continues her bid for a second Grand Slam of the season as part of Thursday’s intriguing US Open women’s semi-final line-up.
French Open champion Swiatek will take on Aryna Sabalenka, who is searching for a first major title after reaching the last four last year.
The Pole is the only Grand Slam winner left in the women’s draw.
Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur will take on the in-form Caroline Garcia in the first semi-final from 00:00 BST.
France’s Garcia is on a 13-match winning streak, having come through qualifying to clinch the Cincinnati Open title in the build-up to Flushing Meadows, but Jabeur leads their head-to-head 2-0.
Swiatek has won a Tour-leading 50 matches this year and has made the semi-finals of every major bar Wimbledon in a stellar season.
Both she and Belarusian opponent Sabalenka came through their quarter-final matches in straight sets as they aim for a first US Open title.
| Iga Swiatek | Aryna Sabalenka | Ons Jabeur | Caroline Garcia | |
| Age | 21 | 24 | 28 | 28 |
| World ranking | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| WTA titles | 9 | 10 | 3 | 10 |
| Best Grand Slam result | W (French Open 2020 & 2022) | SF (Wimbledon & US Open 2021) | F (Wimbledon 2022) | QF (French Open 2017) |
Sabalenka & Swiatek put individual struggles aside
This is the first time since last year’s US Open that big-hitting Sabalenka has won five matches in a row.
She saved two match points in her second round match against Kaia Kanepi, where she staged a remarkable comeback from 6-1 5-1 down to keep her campaign on track in New York.
Sabalenka has had a difficult season and has lost the two WTA finals she has reached, including a heavy defeat by Swiatek in Stuttgart in April. She has also changed her serve after struggling with double faults that left her in tears during one match in Adelaide.
“This season when I was struggling with a lot of things and I couldn’t play my best, but still I was there, I was fighting,” she said.
“I’m in the semi-final and I have zero expectation for myself. I will just go there and fight for every point.”
Swiatek has been the form player for much of the year, winning her second French Open in the middle of a record 37-match unbeaten streak.
She arrived in New York having not gone beyond the quarter-final stage…
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