Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 29 August-11 September |
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Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur will face world primary Iga Swiatek for the US Open ladies’s singles title after each received their semi-finals on Thursday.
Fifth seed Jabeur, 28, reached back-to-back Grand Slam finals by profitable 6-1 6-3 towards France’s Caroline Garcia.
Poland’s two-time main winner Swiatek, 21, moved into her first US Open last with a 3-6 6-1 6-4 victory over Belarusian sixth seed Aryna Sabalenka.
The last takes place in New York on Saturday (21:00 BST).
Jabeur wanted little greater than an hour to beat seventeenth seed Garcia within the first semi-final and is now aiming for her first main title after shedding July’s Wimbledon last to Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina.
Top seed Swiatek, who has received each of her two Grand Slam titles on the French Open clay, fought again from 4-2 down within the deciding set to beat Sabalenka within the second semi-final.
The last will likely be a match-up between the 2 most dominant gamers on the WTA Tour this 12 months.
Before the primary of Thursday’s semi-finals there was a second’s silence held on Arthur Ashe Stadium in reminiscence of Queen Elizabeth II, who has died aged 96.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk