On January 26, Beijing time, the Australian Open women's singles final four was born, and the No. 7 seed Swartak refused to go cold, eliminating the 36-year-old veteran Kanepi and advancing to the australian open final four for the first time. The 2020 French Open champion will compete for a place in the final with the 27th seed, American star Collins.
As the 2020 French Open champion, Swatak's previous three Australian Open appearances have not broken through the fourth round, and this time they have advanced to the quarter-finals against the 36-year-old veteran Kanepi, who has fallen to 115 in the world rankings. In the first set, Kanepi took the lead in finding a break opportunity, continued to exert pressure after the 7th set break, and then missed sets in succession, but still grasped a break set advantage and won 6-4.
In the second set, Canepi completed the break as soon as he came up, Swatek quickly broke back, and then the No. 7 seed broke through with a strong break to get a 4-1 advantage. Canepi did not give up the set, and after completing the breakback, he equalized the score, after which the two sides fought to grab seven. Svatek scored consecutive points in the seventh, dragging the game into the decider 7-2.
In the tiebreaker matchup, Svatek broke in the first set, and then Kanepi completed the breakback, but after entering the mutual break situation, Svatek broke into a strong continuous break into the serve to win the game. Although there was no chance to save the serve, in the end, Swatek broke the opponent's indispensable serve and won 6-3. As a result, Swataker reached the final four of the Australian Open for the first time.
In another game, the 27th seed, the American star Collins, fired up 28 winning points, won 7 consecutive games at one point, beat Cone 7-5, 6-1 7-5, and entered the Australian Open final four after three years. As a result, the Australian Open women's singles final four was born, and the semi-final matches were as follows:
Barty (No. 1 seed) vs. Case, Collins (No. 27 seed) vs Swartak (No. 7 seed)