Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates after winning against Russia's Liudmila Samsonova during their women's singles quarter-final tennis match on the tenth day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on Wednesday-AFP LONDON, July 09 (AFP): Iga Swiatek reached the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time in her illustrious career on Wednesday, beating Russia's Liudmila Samsonova 6-2, 7-5.
The Polish eighth seed will face Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva or former Olympic champion Belinda Bencic for a place in Saturday's final.
Swiatek has won four titles on the clay at the French Open, as well as the US Open in 2022, but has struggled on the lawns of the All England Club. Her previous best result at Wimbledon was a run to the quarter-finals in 2023. Swiatek broke her opponent twice in the opening set to take a firm grip on the match, benefiting from a flurry of unforced errors from her opponent and winning 100 percent of her points on first serve. Two double faults from Russian 19th seed Samsonova handed Swiatek an early break in the second set and she snuffed out a clutch of break-points in the following game to go 3-0 up.
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