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Swiatek Swans Into NY, U.S. Open Semis
The Straits Times
|August 21, 2025
She goes from Cincinnati champion to mixed doubles star in matter of hours
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NEW YORK - Iga Swiatek said it was important not to be lazy, as she shrugged off weariness to partner Casper Ruud to back-to-back wins in the revamped mixed doubles competition at the US Open on Aug 19.
The Pole — who battled through an almost two-hour tussle with Jasmine Paolini a day earlier to win the Cincinnati Open — looked full of energy as she and Ruud powered into the Aug 20 (Aug 21, Singapore time) semi-finals.
The duo needed just 39 minutes to dispatch the US pairing of Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe 4-1, 4-2 in their opening game at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
They then reappeared roughly 20 minutes later to defeat American Caty McNally and Italian Lorenzo Musetti 4-1, 4-2 in the quarter-finals.
The victories capped a grueling 24 hours for Swiatek, who hotfooted it to the airport after the Aug 18 win in Cincinnati and arrived at her hotel in New York only in the early hours of Aug 19.
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