Swiatek holds a decisive 8-4 head-to-head advantage, but looking closer, it’s a 5-1 edge on clay and 3-all on hard courts. On slower courts, when Swiatek has time to set up, she’s more dangerous. On faster surfaces, Sabalenka’s power levels the field. Only five players...
Head-to-head: Swiatek, 4-1. The record is 3-0 on clay but they split 2022 hardcourt matches in Indian Wells and Cincinnati.The case for Swiatek: Swiatek comes across as an earnest, self-deprecating woman in interview settings but listen to this:...
The one-two matchup will be the second in two weeks. Swiatek defeated Sabalenka 6-3, 6-4 in the title match of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany on April 23. Article content That victory gave Swiatek a 5-2 edge in the head-to-head meetings, including a 3-0 mark...
The stage is set. And two of the best names in women’s tennis,Iga SwiatekandAryna Sabalenkawill be looking to get head-to-head against each other at theItalian Open. While the two met each other a couple of weeks ago in the ...
“Overall, I feel like me and Jessie, we played really in a smart way, and we’ve really kept calm. We're pretty focused and just taking the most we can from these matches and conditions,” said Swiatek, who is 5-3 head-to-head...
She had pulled off arguably the biggest win of her career after coming back from a set down and saving a match point in the semifinal to outlast second seed Iga Swiatek. Keys showed no signs of nerves and applied pressure on Sabalenka's serve with fizzing returns to break in the opening...
This starts to be Polonophobia from the fans around the world. Iga is simply getting assaulted," an Iga Swiatek fan wrote. In her post-match speech following her loss to Keys, Sabalenka hilariously blamed her team for her defeat. Aryna Sabalenka took humorous...
After rain prompted the closure of the roof, Keys came out swinging to close the gap and shrugged off a shocking mistake on an overhead smash at the net before drawing level at 5-5 but was unable to stop Swiatek from reeling off the next two games. ...
“I have goosebumps. I’m so proud of myself,” said Sabalenka, whose 4-1 head-to-head record against Keys includes a win in the 2023 U.S. Open semifinals. Swiatek had not lost a single service game since the first round, but was broken three times by Keys in the firs...
Madison Keys has saved a match point and upset No. 2 Iga Swiatek 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) in a high-intensity, high-quality Australian Open semifinal to reach a Grand Slam title match for the second time in her career.