Anisimova shocks Swiatek to reach last 4

Amanda Anisimova pulled off a stellar comeback on Wednesday to get the better of Iga Swiatek 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-2 and book her spot in the last four of the WTA Finals in Riyadh.

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Amanda Anisimova celebrates after beating Iga Swiatek.

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Making her tournament debut this week, the fourth-seeded Anisimova secured the runner-up spot in the Serena Williams Group behind Elena Rybakina.

Rybakina completed round-robin play with a perfect 3-0 mark, thanks to a 6-4, 6-4 success against Russian alternate Ekaterina Alexandrova earlier in the day.

Anisimova improved her three-set record this season to an impressive 15-3 by posting her 10th top-10 win of the year.

“It’s so funny, my mom keeps telling me: ‘You know you've won like so many three-set matches this year? You're so strong: I was actually thinking about that. Against Iga today it was so, so tough, but honestly, I enjoyed it)” said Anisimova, who reached the finals at Wimbledon and the US Open this year.