Swiatek crushes Vondrousova to reach French Open semifinals

Defending champion Iga Swiatek declared herself in the zone as her quest for a fourth French Open title accelerated with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over former runner-up Marketa Vondrousova on Tuesday, advancing her to the semi-finals.

The 23-year-old's 62-minute workout set up a seismic last-four match against American Coco Gauff, a rematch of the 2022 final won by the Pole, who will look to improve her 10-1 overall record against the third seed.

"Today it was pretty straightforward. I'm happy that I kept my focus. Sometimes I felt the game was pretty intense," Swiatek said after making the Roland Garros semi-finals for the fourth time in five years.

"Sometimes the intensity went down a bit. I wanted to just play my game no matter what was coming back from Marketa. I felt like I was in the zone today."

Swiatek wasted little time in the clash of reigning Grand Slam champions on Court Philippe Chatrier, jumping out to a 5-0 lead over Wimbledon winner Vondrousova and sealing the first set when the fifth seed hit a long shot.

It was the top seed's third bagel in a row after defeating Russian Anastasia Potapova, and she did it by dictating points from all over the court to completely dominate 2019 finalist Vondrousova.

The Czech cut a frustrated figure but finally got on board in the second set after a rare Swiatek error, earning a break point in the next game but failing to prevent her ruthless rival from extending her clay winning streak to 17 matches.

Swiatek, the Madrid and Rome champion, broke for a 3-1 lead and never looked back, sealing victory when Vondrousova hit a shot into the net, and she quickly turned her attention to Gauff.

"It's good to keep going and not think of this match as something huge," Swiatek said.

"Against Coco it isn't easy. She really likes clay, especially here. I'll just focus on myself and I'll prepare tactically and we'll see."

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