Those who decided to spend the night from Monday, September 2 to Tuesday, September 3 watching Iga Świątek compete in US Openthey certainly weren't disappointed. Our representative showed great class in the 1/8 final clash with Ludmila Samsonova. The Russian only put up resistance in the first set, but she couldn't even win a single game, because Shelf broke it at a crucial moment.
Iga “The Russian Woman Slayer” Świątek
Since then, there has been only one star left on the “stage.” The star who reached the quarterfinals of the US Open for the second time in her career, and when she managed to do so in 2022, she won the entire tournament. Of course, there is still a long way to go, but with her increasingly better and more developed game, the Pole is capable of anything. Like upsetting the Russians, who were not too impressed after Christmas match with Samsonowa.
The portal liveresult.ru emphasized that the Pole in New York is a nightmare for Russian tennis players. – Almost exactly 1.5 hours was enough for Iga Świątek to eliminate Ludmila Samsonova and advance to the quarterfinals. Let us recall that Świątek had previously thrown out two other Russians from the US Open, Kamilla Rakhimova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – we read.
On the sports.kz website, it was noted that the decisive moments, in which the Pole was much better than Samsonowa, were crucial. – Iga Świątek used three of the eight break points she won. Samsonowa was not even able to get such a chance – writes sports.kz.
Maria Sharapova left behind. Iga Świątek surpassed her
While specializing in tennis portal championnat.com, emphasizes how many mistakes and bad decisions the Polish representative forced Samsonowa to make. They also praised Świątek's great serve. – The second set in particular was a complete failure for Samsonowa. She made mistakes too often, was very nervous, and played ineffectively in the corners. She didn't decide the exchanges in her favor. Świątek impressed with her first serve, which was much more efficient – assessed the Russians.
Championnat.com also noticed a certain statistic, which was also reported on the X portal by OptaAce. It turns out that Świątek has surpassed the legendary Maria Sharapova in one respect. – Świątek has surpassed Maria Sharapova's Grand Slam achievement. The victory over Samsonova was her 83rd triumph in her first 100 matches at the biggest tournaments. Sharapova has won 82 of her first 100 matches on Grand Slam courts – we read.