{"id":293328,"date":"2023-10-02T21:34:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=293328"},"modified":"2023-10-02T21:34:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:34:19","slug":"iga-swiatek-crashes-out-of-the-tokyo-open-in-the-quarter-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/tennis\/iga-swiatek-crashes-out-of-the-tokyo-open-in-the-quarter-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek crashes out of the Tokyo Open in the quarter-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"
Iga Swiatek crahsed out of the tournament in Tokyo<\/p>\n
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Iga Swiatek crashed to a 6-2 2-6 6-4 defeat by eighth seed Russian Veronika Kudermetova in the quarter-finals of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Friday.<\/p>\n
The top seed, playing in her second match since a fourth-round defeat at the U.S. Open that saw her drop to number two in the world rankings, sprayed the errors around in the opening set as Kudermetova grabbed a double break before going 4-0 up.<\/p>\n
Swiatek finally got on board with a hold and looked to mount a comeback but could not prevent world number 19 Kudermetova from taking a set off her for the first time in five meetings.<\/p>\n
Kudermetova surrendered the second set tamely, but the 26-year-old found herself ahead in the decider as Swiatek gifted her an early break with a double fault.<\/p>\n
The Russian held her nerve towards the end of the contest and finished it off with a superb serve.<\/p>\n
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Up next for Kudermetova is Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who reached her first semi-final since her run to the 2021 French Open final with a 6-2 7-5 win over fellow Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova.<\/p>\n
Pavlyuchenkova\u2019s career was derailed last year due to a knee injury that needed surgery, but she battled her way back to peak match fitness on the lower tours before reaching the Roland Garros quarter-finals in June.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the most important (thing) is to be humble and play whatever you can to get back to the level,\u201d said Pavlyuchenkova.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just working my way back to this level, trying to get back to the top. Just trying to enjoy, since I\u2019m getting towards the end of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n