{"id":18195,"date":"2025-09-04T06:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=18195"},"modified":"2025-09-04T06:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:04:08","slug":"sinner-powers-into-us-open-semis-anisimova-gains-swiatek-revenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=18195","title":{"rendered":"Sinner powers into US Open semis, Anisimova gains Swiatek revenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
Reigning champion Jannik Sinner marched into the US Open quarter-finals Wednesday as Amanda Anisimova avenged her Wimbledon thrashing by Iga Swiatek to set up a last-four clash with Naomi Osaka.<\/p>\n

World number one Sinner swept aside 10th seed Musetti 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in the first all-Italian men’s quarter-final in Grand Slam history.<\/p>\n

“It was a great performance, very solid. I started the match very well,” said Sinner, who faces Canadian 25th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semi-finals on Friday.<\/p>\n

Auger-Aliassime has won two of three previous meetings but Sinner thrashed him for the loss of just two games in Cincinnati last month.<\/p>\n

“Every player who is in the semis of a Grand Slam can say they’re playing their best tennis,” added Sinner.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old Sinner also tied Nicola Pietrangeli for the most Grand Slams win by an Italian man with his 86th victory.<\/p>\n

Auger-Aliassime overcame Alex de Minaur in a four-set battle lasting over four hours to reach his second US Open semi-final.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Auger-Aliassime is back in the last four of a Grand Slam for the first time since the 2021 US Open after beating eighth seed De Minaur 4-6, 7-6 (9\/7), 7-5, 7-6 (7\/4).<\/p>\n

“Some days you won’t feel your best but I was willing to dig really deep and do everything I can,” said Auger-Aliassime.<\/p>\n

“It feels amazing. Four years ago, it feels like more. It was a tough couple of years but it feels even better now to be in the semi-finals.”<\/p>\n

Australia’s De Minaur, 26, has now lost all six of his Grand Slam quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

“Right now I’m looking at this like a wasted opportunity,” De Minaur said.<\/p>\n

– Anisimova delivers payback –<\/p>\n

Anisimova rebounded from her disastrous double-bagel defeat at the hands of Swiatek at Wimbledon two months ago, beating the second-ranked Pole 6-4, 6-3 in New York.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been having the run of my life here,” said Anisimova, the American eighth seed.<\/p>\n

“The first day I got here I was like ‘OK, let’s try and get through one round… This has been such a dream. To come back from Wimbledon like that is really special to me.”<\/p>\n

Six-time major winner Swiatek entered the US Open as the bookmakers’ favourite, after she followed up her maiden Wimbledon title with victory at the Cincinnati Open WTA 1000 event.<\/p>\n

Swiatek broke in the first game of the match but Anisimova hit back immediately and snatched the opening set when her rival ballooned a forehand long.<\/p>\n

Anisimova again had to rally after falling behind early in the second set. She broke back for 2-2 and then moved a game from victory as Swiatek coughed up a costly double fault.<\/p>\n

Swiatek saved two match points but a net cord in Anisimova’s favour sealed the win and a sense of redemption for the 24-year-old.<\/p>\n

“Today is definitely the most meaningful victory I’ve had in my life,” said Anisimova.<\/p>\n

Swiatek accepted she didn’t play well enough.<\/p>\n

“I kind of have to let it go and just focus on the next one,” said Swiatek.<\/p>\n

Osaka beat Czech 11th seed Karolina Muchova 6-4, 7-6 (7\/3) to extend her deepest run at a Grand Slam since returning to tennis after the birth of her daughter in 2023.<\/p>\n

The Japanese star hit 30 winners in a smooth performance reminiscent of the player who lifted the trophy here in 2018 and 2020.<\/p>\n

“It’s been a while since I’ve been in this position,” said Osaka, who has gone on to win the tournament every time she has reached the last four of a major.<\/p>\n

“You play the best players in the world towards the end of a Slam. We’re all hoping to achieve the same thing. It’s kind of like boxing, but with a tennis ball,” said Osaka, the 23rd seed.<\/p>\n

However, she has lost both previous matches with Anisimova — at the Australian Open and Roland Garros in 2022.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reigning champion Jannik Sinner marched into the US Open quarter-finals Wednesday as Amanda Anisimova avenged her Wimbledon thrashing by Iga Swiatek to set up a last-four clash with Naomi Osaka. World number one Sinner swept aside 10th seed Musetti 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in the first all-Italian men’s quarter-final in Grand Slam history. “It was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}