The fifth seed from Kazakhstan foiled the Pole\u2019s 2026 bid for the career Grand Slam \u2013 her sustained power and precision were decisive in the 93-minute showdown. Unbeaten at last year\u2019s WTA Finals, this was her eighth straight top-10 win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Early breaks were traded as the pair took time to settle into their 12th career meeting, with Swiatek having claimed six of those.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rybakina pulled away in the 1 hour and 35-minute match by winning eight of the last nine games, and leveled her all-time record against Swiatek to 6-6 in the process.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After she was broken in the first game of the match, the 2025 ace leader on the WTA Tour rounded into form on serve in stunning fashion -- despite only landing 49% of her first serves in the match. She dug out of a 0-40 deficit at 1-1 in the first set, and only lost 12 points in eight subsequent service games, WTA reports.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Swiatek was the youngest player to make six successive major quarterfinals since Serena Williams at Wimbledon 2003.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rybakina earned her 18th victory in her last 19 matches, dating back to last October, and her eighth consecutive win over a Top 10 player.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Swiatek was the youngest player to make six successive major quarterfinals since Serena Williams at Wimbledon 2003.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 2022 Wimbledon champion awaits the winner of the all-American quarterfinal between No. 4 seed Amanda Anisimova and No. 6 seed Jessica Pegula in the hopes of reaching her third career Grand Slam singles final.<\/p>\r\n\r\n