STUTTGART: World No. 1 and defending champion Iga Swiatek set up a US Open final rematch with Ons Jabeur when she battled into the Stuttgart last four on Friday.
Swiatek defeated 2018 Stuttgart champion Karolina Pliskova 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 while Tunisian world No. 4 Jabeur eased past Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil 6-3, 6-0.
Poland’s Swiatek had defeated Pliskova without losing a game when they met on clay in the 2021 Rome final. However, the Czech took control straightaway on Friday, racing to a 4-0 lead in a little over a quarter of an hour.
Swiatek responded by sweeping the first four games of the second set to level the contest and after breaking for 2-1 in the decider, was never troubled again.
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