Caroline Wozniacki fought again from a set right down to defeat Jennifer Brady and proceed her dream run on the US Open, whereas defending champion Iga Swiatek served up a twentieth bagel of the 12 months as she thrashed her “finest pal” Kaja Juvan.
The 33-year-old two-time finalist in New York continued to increase her spectacular comeback at Flushing Meadows as she rallied from a set down to achieve the final 16 with a 4-6 6-3 6-1 victory over American Brady.
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Wozniacki calls it ‘a dream come true’ to have the ability to play on Arthur Ashe Stadium once more after retiring three years in the past
“As a competitor and an athlete you all the time need to win and you need to imagine in your self, however taking part in right here on Arthur Ashe once more is a dream come true,” mentioned Wozniacki.
“Once I retired three years in the past and having had two youngsters, I assumed I’d simply be right here watching. What an honour that is.”
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Tim Henman was impressed with Wozniacki’s sport administration
Talking on Sky Sports activities, Tim Henman mentioned: “There was no panic. Wozniacki knew she wasn’t taking part in her finest however she slowly started to get the momentum. She was relentless and stored constructing on that within the third set.”
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Iga Swiatek proved too good for her ‘finest pal’ Kaja Juvan
Swiatek grew up with Juvan by means of the junior ranks and the 2 dined collectively earlier this week however for 49 minutes in Louis Armstrong Stadium the top-seeded Pole had no alternative however to place their friendship on maintain whereas she received right down to enterprise with a 6-0 6-1 shellacking.
However with buddies like Swiatek, who wants enemies? The Pole surrendered simply eight factors as she raced away with the primary set to like in solely 33 minutes.
Swiatek opens up the bagel manufacturing facility in New York
Iga Swiatek has received 8 Grand Slam units 6-0 in 2023. Within the final 30 years, solely Serena Williams in 2013 had extra in a single season (13).
Swiatek equals Victoria Azarenka in 2012 and Martina Hingis in 2001 for such tallies.
Juvan did at the very least keep away from the dreaded ‘double-bagel’, lastly getting a sport on the board 40 minutes into the match for 3-1 within the second and elevating her arms aloft in mock triumph to the acclaim of the gang.
But it surely was solely delaying the inevitable, with Swiatek wrapping up one other medical, assertion victory – she beat Rebecca Peterson by the identical scoreline within the first spherical – in properly beneath an hour.
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Swiatek felt the toughest half about her win was knocking out ‘finest pal’ Juvan
“I did not like that I used to be profitable with my finest pal however I knew I needed to be centered and never take into consideration that,” mentioned the 22-year-old.
“It is like taking part in your sister. I haven’t got many buddies and he or she’s my finest pal in order that was the hardest, for positive.”
Regardless of all her success, Swiatek admitted she was nonetheless coming to phrases together with her lofty place atop the ladies’s sport.
“Truthfully, I type of need to learn to discover extra pleasure in that,” she mentioned. “I talked to Roger (Federer) about that final week and the easiest way to method it’s actually embrace it and actually be proud and pleased together with your outcomes.”
Up subsequent for Swiatek might be Latvian twentieth seed Jelena Ostapenko, a 4-6 6-3 6-3 winner over American Bernarda Pera.
There was extra disappointment for the house crowd after Czech tenth seed Karolina Muchova beat the favored Taylor Townsend, 7-6 (7-0) 6-3.
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Watch the highest photographs from Swiatek’s dominant show over Juvan
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