TORONTO \u2013 Iga Swiatek rallied from a break down in the deciding set to beat Ukraine\u2019s Elina Svitolina 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 at the Canadian Open on Aug 12, securing her place in a final for the first time this season at the US Open tune-up event in Toronto.<\/p>\n
Swiatek, who won one of her six Grand Slam titles in Flushing Meadows in 2022, secured the rain-delayed first set before Svitolina turned the tables and broke the Pole twice in a one-sided second frame.<\/p>\n
Svitolina broke to grab a 3-2 lead in the decider but former world No. 1 Swiatek reeled off the final four games to claim victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter that second set I knew I had to do everything I could to get my rhythm and my game back,\u201d she told Tennis Channel.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not easy to do that during a match \u2013 to keep your calm and your composure and follow the plan. I\u2019m happy in the third set I did that and it paid off in the end. I didn\u2019t doubt myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Swiatek has had an inconsistent season in which she has failed to advance beyond the quarters at a Grand Slam and suffered a surprise second-round defeat by compatriot Magda Linette in Miami.<\/p>\n
That loss led Swiatek to make a coaching change, replacing Wim Fissette with Francisco Roig.<\/p>\n
Swiatek also lost to Alexandra Eala in the third round at Wimbledon, where she was defending champion.<\/p>\n
Swiatek will face either Coco Gauff or Elena Rybakina in the final of the WTA 1000 event in Toronto on Aug 13. REUTERS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 Iga Swiatek rallied from a break down in the deciding set to beat Ukraine\u2019s Elina Svitolina…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-583174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}