Iga Świątek remains unbeaten in Stuttgart as the two-time defending champion defeated Britain's Emma Raducanu 7:6 (7-2), 6:3 in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 2024 quarter-final. She is two matches away from putting her hands on yet another posh car - a grand prize for the winner - but her rival in the semi-final is representing Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina, with whom the Pole has some scores to settle.
Her next opponent on Saturday will be Rybakina, fourth in the world ranking, who eliminated Italian Jasmine Paolini 6:3, 5:7, 6:3. The Pole has played against Kazakhstan five times so far. She won two matches, including the last one in the final of this year's WTA tournament in Dubai.
Moving to 10-0(!) in Stuttgart 🔥
— wta (@WTA) April 19, 2024
Top seed @iga_swiatek keeps her hopes of a #PorscheTennis three-peat alive as she downs Raducanu to arrange a semifinal clash with Rybakina on Saturday! pic.twitter.com/g6bowJsxqn
Fly, @iga_swiatek, fly 🦅
— wta (@WTA) April 19, 2024
The World No.1 becomes the second player this century to win 11 consecutive matches against former Grand Slam champions without dropping a single set.
(Also S. Williams, Wimbledon 2010 - US Open 2012) pic.twitter.com/TjrwJrGoFJ
