Svitolina reaches first U.S. Open semifinals with win over Konta - Sportsnet.ca

NEW YORK — Elina Svitolina reached the semifinals for the second straight Grand Slam tournament, beating Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday at the U.S. Open.

With boyfriend Gael Monfils watching the day before he is to play in the men’s quarterfinals, Svitolina chased down a volley and turned it into a cross-court winner to set up her third match point, where she finished off the match.The No. 5 seed will play either sixth-time champion Serena Williams or first-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist Wang Qiang, who were scheduled to play in the first night match on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

The other quarterfinal matchup was 2016 U.S. Open champion Stan Wawrinka, who beat defending champion Novak Djokovic in the fourth round, against No. 5 seed Daniil Medvedev. It was part of a mistake-filled performance by the 16th-seeded Konta, who was trying to become the sixth active player to reach the semifinals in all four Grand Slam tournaments. But the British player committed 35 unforced errors to Svitolina’s 13, including a whopping 20-5 margin in the second set, and fell to 0-5 against the Ukrainian.

Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Rafael Nadal defeats Marin Cilic to reach U.S. Open quarters - Sportsnet.caRafael Nadal defeated Marin Cilic in four sets to reach the quarterfinals of the 2019 U.S. Open. Wow where are the rest of his 80s band? Lol
Source: Sportsnet - 🏆 57. / 59 Read more »

Andreescu reaches U.S. Open quarters with win over Townsend - Sportsnet.caFor the first time in her young career, Canada's Bianca Andreescu has reached the quarterfinals at a major. Yay 🇨🇦 Atta girl, eh! ❤️🇨🇦 CityNews It’s 12:45am how late do they want people to stay up to watch tennis. Who books these matches, anyways Great win Bandreescu_ making Canada proud as usual 🇨🇦
Source: Sportsnet - 🏆 57. / 59 Read more »

Defending champion Novak Djokovic retires from U.S. Open - Sportsnet.caBREAKING: Defending champion Novak Djokovic has retired from the 2019 USOpen. So sad to see.... Wawrinka played his best match!!!
Source: Sportsnet - 🏆 57. / 59 Read more »

U.S. Open: Roger Federer crushes David Goffin to reach last eightFederer beat David Goffin 6-2 6-2 6-0 on Sunday.
Source: VancouverSun - 🏆 49. / 61 Read more »

Federer crushes Goffin to reach U.S. Open quarter-finalsThe Swiss third seed fired 35 winners and 10 aces to see off the outclassed Belgian in a speedy 80 minutes on a sunny day at Arthur Ashe Stadium
Source: globeandmail - 🏆 5. / 92 Read more »

Serena Williams turns right ankle, holds on for U.S. Open winWilliams has dealt with various health issues all season, including one that ended her stay at the Australian Open Globe_Sports Someone stop her for her own good and ours especially.
Source: globeandmail - 🏆 5. / 92 Read more »