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Jun 1, 2025; Paris, FR; Iga Swiatek of Poland celebrates winning her match against Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan on day eight at Roland Garros Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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Iga Swiatek continued her torrid run through the French Open by dispatching Elina Svitolina on Tuesday to set up a semifinal encounter against top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Swiatek, a four-time French Open champion, recorded her 26th consecutive victory at Roland Garros with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Svitolina in 1 hour, 41 minutes. The fifth-seeded Poland native is three wins shy of tying Chris Evert for the longest winning run on the Parisian red clay.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Swiatek will now turn her attention to Sabalenka, against whom she is 8-4 all-time and 5-1 on clay. This will be the first-ever meeting at Roland Garros, however.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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“Against Aryna it is always a challenge,” Swiatek said of her upcoming match. “She has a game for every surface. I have to do the work, be brave with my shots and go for it. She is having a great season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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“I will not lie. It will be a tough match but am happy for the challenge,”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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After struggling out of the blocks in her previous match, Swiatek breezed through the first round on Tuesday before facing resistance from the 13th-seeded Ukrainian in the second. Undaunted, Swiatek took advantage of a poor service game by Svitolina before ending the match with an ace.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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“I should have had better intensity in the beginning of the second set,” Swiatek said. “When I saw my intensity go low, I got it high again. I am happy I did it at the end of the set.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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As for Sabalenka, she punched her ticket to the semifinals with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 win over Qinwen Zheng of China.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Belarusian overcame a 4-2 deficit in the first set before changing the complexion of the match to improve to 7-1 in her career against Zheng. The lone loss came last month in the Rome quarterfinals, and it’s something the three-time major champion said fueled her on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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“I was actually glad I lost that match, because I needed a little break before Roland-Garros,” Sabalenka said. “Today, I was just more fresh. I was ready to battle, I was ready to leave everything I had on court to get this win.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Zheng was left to lament letting her early advantage go by the boards.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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“I think in the first set I made a lot of easy mistakes,” she said. “I give her the chance so easy. Of course, I think mostly I made a match lose. I think mostly it’s on my hand because already I did some double fault in the first set when I’m leading with my service game. But it’s tennis. There’s nothing more I can do.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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–Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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