Tennis-Swiatek breezes past Alexandrova into US Open quarter-finals
By Shrivathsa Sridhar
NEW YORK, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Laser-focused Iga Swiatek barely broke sweat as the former U.S. Open champion methodically dismantled Russian 13th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3 6-1 and booked her return to the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam on Monday.
The 24-year-old's crushing win on Louis Armstrong Stadium meant that she became the youngest woman to reach at least the quarter-finals of all four Grand Slams in a single season since 18-year-old Maria Sharapova managed the feat in 2005.
After an early exchange of breaks, Swiatek pounced again in the seventh game when Alexandrova's attempt at a cheeky shot at the net misfired and allowed the 2022 New York champion to bag the opening set shortly afterwards.
Six-times major winner Swiatek never looked back from there as she took control of the second set to see off Alexandrova and continue her bid to become the first woman since Serena Williams in 2012 to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in the same year.
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