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\nWorld number one Iqa Swiatek reached her 10th semi-final of the season on Friday by defeating American qualifier Caty McNally in straight sets at the Ostrava WTA tournament.
\nFrench and US Open champion Swiatek triumphed 6-4, 6-4 to take her 2022 record to 59 wins against just seven defeats.
\nThe 21-year-old Pole is just one victory away from tying Caroline Wozniacki, the last player to win 60 matches in a single season in 2017.
\n\u201cIt was definitely physical, at the beginning of the second set I could feel my energy level went down a little bit,\u201d said Swiatek, who fired 24 winners to McNally\u2019s 18.
\n\u201cI\u2019m pretty happy I got it back again and I could use my experience in my important moments, because Caty played really well.\u201d
\nSwiatek had won the 2018 French Open girls\u2019 doubles title with McNally, who is ranked at 151.
\n\u201cTactically it was easier to prepare, because I know her game style. She\u2019s playing differently to other players. But on the other hand, a lot of time has passed since we played last time. I knew she\u2019d made progress and I had to be ready,\u201d added the top seed.
\nSwiatek will face either wild card Tereza Martincova of the Czech Republic or Russia\u2019s Ekaterina Alexandrova on Saturday for a place in the final.
\nFormer French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova defeated 144th-ranked Alycia Parks 7-6 (9\/7), 6-3 of the United States in her quarter-final.
\nThe Czech will next face Kazakhstan\u2019s reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina who unleashed 31 winners past Petra Kvitova in a 7-6 (7\/5), 6-4 victory.
\nThe win gave Rybakina a career-best 36th main-draw victory this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OSTRAVA World number one Iqa Swiatek reached her 10th semi-final of the season on Friday by defeating American qualifier Caty McNally in straight sets at the Ostrava WTA tournament. French and US Open champion Swiatek triumphed 6-4, 6-4 to take her 2022 record to 59 wins against just seven defeats. The 21-year-old Pole is just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[10985],"class_list":{"0":"post-288207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-iqa-swiatek"},"yoast_head":"\n