Swiatek’s latest lopsided win came via a 6-1, 6-2 score line in the quarter-finals against No. 8 seed Emma Navarro on Wednesday
Iga Swiatek celebrates after defeating Emma Navarro in their quarter-final match at the Australian Open, in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 22.Iga Swiatek is dominating her Australian Open opponents the way no one has at Melbourne Park since Maria Sharapova in 2013.
“She does everything with 100 per cent conviction and intensity,” Navarro said about Swiatek. “She has a different style of movement and play. It’s tough to not be sort of affected by that and not feel like, `OK, I have to do everything at the same speed that she’s doing it.’ So that was something, for sure, I felt a little bit today.”
“Iga is tough to beat because she has a lot of spin, kind of naturally, on both sides. She’s a good server. She’s a good returner. She moves incredibly well,” Keys said. “The biggest thing that makes her so difficult to beat is, because she moves so well, if you miss your spot just slightly, she has enough time to recover, and then the point goes back to neutral.”
Sinner was relentless against No. 8 Alex de Minaur, the last Australian male in the bracket, on Wednesday night, beating him 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. Keys’ past losses in the semi-finals in Melbourne came against eventual champions Serena Williams in 2015 and Ash Barty in 2022.Svitolina, a three-time Slam semi-finalist, was in control during the first set. But Keys made some tactical adjustments, including looking for more opportunities to get to the net. She won 23 of the 26 points when she moved forward and ended up with a total of 49 winners, 23 on her powerful forehand side.
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