Iga Swiatek still does not raise his head. The Pole lost this Friday 6-2, 2-6 and 6-4 against the eighth seed, the Russian. Veronika Kudermetovain the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Pan-Pacific Open.
The top seed, playing in his second match since his loss in the fourth round of the US Open, which dropped him to number two in the world rankings, She made a lot of mistakes in the first set and Kudermetova managed a double break before going 4-0 up.
Swiatek finally held serve and tried to break back, but was unable to prevent world number 19 Kudermetova from taking a set from her for the first time in five meetings.
Kudermetova lost the second set, but was ahead in the decider when Swiatek gave him an early break with a double fault.
The Russian stood firm at the end of the contest and closed it out with a superb serve.
Kudermetova’s next opponent is Anastasia Pavlyuchenkovawho reached her first semi-final since reaching the French Open final in 2021 with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over compatriot Ekaterina Alexandrova.
Source: La Verdad
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