Sabalenka set for Swiatek semi-final showdown
Aryna Sabalenka teed up a heavyweight semi-final clash with Iga Swiatek in the women's draw at the Cincinnati Open, easing to a 6-3 6-2 victory over Liudmila Samsonova in their quarter-final match.
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Sabalenka needed just one hour and 19 minutes to seal her win, reeling off 10 of the last 13 games to level her all-time head-to-head record with Samsonova at 2-2.
Sabalenka is into her fourth semi-final at the Cincinnati Open, a joint-record at the competition among WTA players in the Open Era.
Jelena Jankovic, Serena Williams and Simona Halep are the only other women to have achieved that feat.
