Iga Swiatek vs. Anna Kalinskaya .

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Such a good quality opening to this match.
Oh, that was a little bit too soft, but she knows it.
Yeah, interesting shot choice that I think tells us a little bit as well about how she's
feeling at the moment. Yeah, good choice there.
A little over a week until the US Open gets going, isn't it? So
I don't want to risk that for sure. Take the ball early.
Oh, beautiful. Succession of good shots.
She did try to take all of them early. That's what she wanted to achieve earlier.
It's going out. Won a couple of big points there to stay in the set.
Best rally of the match so far. Impressive skills by both players.
Takes the set in three quarters of an hour. She only dropped six points on serving that set,
Igor Sviantek. Three of them in that game just to give Kalinskaya hope.
And you know what? This match certainly far from over. Despite the early injury for Kalinskaya,
she showed up pretty well in the back end. 6-3 though to Sviantek.
And the amazing thing is with all that and all the experience and
that has been a problem for her throughout this tournament.
Well, she can move the ball around like that.
With this latest break and with the new balls, all three.
But it's a little bit weird how Ana has handled this second set.
It might be another takeaway. That's a quality volley when she needed to do it.
Again, Sviantek two points away. Beautifully controlled. Not good enough from Kalinskaya
on the drop shot. She's having fun out there now. Well, eventually it does come to an end.
It is another semi-final for Igor Sviantek. Kalinskaya never at her best today. The shoulder,
the calf, maybe taking something away from her performance, but take nothing away from
Igor Sviantek. Backing up her Wimbledon form, the champion there, bidding for a first ever title.
Indeed, first ever final here. Twice beaten semi-finalists in the last two years. She's
back there again in Cincy. It'll be the 21st career semi-final at 1000 level after this
three and four win over Ana Kalinskaya. Alex Dildrup.
