Without losing a set, Iga Świątek reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam US Open Tennis Championships 2024. On the night from Monday to Tuesday, the WTA ranking leader defeated Russian Lyudmila Samsonova (WTA 16) 6:4, 6:1 in the fourth round in an hour and a half. Now Jessica Pegula, sixth in the world, will stand in her way. The Polish tennis player defeated the American in the quarterfinals in New York two years ago, and then won the title. Will this happen again? Pegula is still waiting for the first Grand Slam semifinal of her singles career. The Raszynian has already achieved a better result than last year at the US Open at Flushing Meadows, because she advanced to the top eight. The Pole has already won her 83rd Grand Slam victory. The record holder is the American Serena Williams with 367. It was also Iga’s 100th match in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. Earlier, the WTA ranking leader defeated Russian Kamilla Rakhimova (6:4, 7:6), Japanese Ena Shibahara (6:0, 6:1) and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Jan Zieliński was eliminated in the quarterfinals of mixed doubles Jan Zieliński and Hsieh Su-wei from Taiwan lost to Italians Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori 3:6, 4:6 in the quarterfinals of mixed doubles. Earlier, this duo won against Giuliana Olmos and Santiago Gonzalez from Mexico 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 10-6. Junior US Open. Monika Stankiewicz with a promotion Monika Stankiewicz (1000th WTA) defeated the Japanese Reina Goto 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 in the junior US Open in the first round of the singles tournament. Stankiewicz’s next rival will be Iva Jović, who eliminated Magda Linette in the senior competition. The Polish woman in doubles with Jelizaveta Kotliar from Ukraine defeated the Americans Welles Newman and Margaret Sohns 6:3, 2:6, 12:10.
