For the first time since reaching the 2023 final, Elena Rybakina will play in the semifinals of the Australian Open after upsetting No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek in Wednesday’s quarterfinals 7-5, 6-1.
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Fifth seed 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. After she was broken in the first game of the match, the 2025 ace leader on the WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz 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…