The Polish teenager upset the number five seed in straight sets to reach the final four in Rome.
Iga Swiatek continues to rack up the wins against the top 10 players in the world, this time against the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina beating her 6-2, 7-5 to reach the semifinals of the BNL D’Italia Open in Rome.
She got off to the best possible start using her speed and aggressive groundstrokes to hold her opening service game and the very next game went on the attack earning two breakpoints with a sublime forehand return winner.
The number five would save both before succumbing to a third when the number 15 seed pulled out a powerful forehand winner to take an early 2-0 lead.
The Odessa, Ukraine native had a chance to get back in the set earning her first breakpoint of the match at 3-1 but again it was the 19 year old would come up with the goods to save it.
When serving to stay in the first set at 5-2 the number 15 seed continued to pressure the Ukrainian serve and earned three sets points which she would convert on to take the first set.
It was the number five seed who would earn the first chance to break in the second set with a forehand winner of her very own but again was denied by the Polish teenager.
The Ukrainian would finally get the breakthrough to take a 2-1 lead but Swiatek would respond the very next game breaking right back using her backhand this time.
After holding serve the Pole had a chance to take the lead once again and the number five seed would double fault twice in a row to once again get broken and trail 4-2.
Just like earlier in the set the Ukrainian would bounce back the very next game breaking right back and it would stay on serve until 6-5 with the number five seed serving to stay in the match.
The Pole would earn two match points and convert on her first chance to take the set and the match setting up a semifinal later today against Coco Gauff who was able to finish her match yesterday.
