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Iga Swiatek is dominating her Australian Open opponents the way no one has at Melbourne Park since Maria Sharapova in 2013.

Swiatek’s latest lopsided win came via a 6-1, 6-2 scoreline in the quarter-finals against No.8 seed Emma Navarro.

Iga Swiatek.Credit: Chris Hopkins

The No. 2-seeded Swiatek has not dropped a set so far in the tournament, and has also lost a grand total of only 14 games as she seeks her first title at Melbourne Park and sixth grand slam trophy overall. Sharapova was the last woman to reach the Australian Open semi-finals having dropped fewer than 15 games.

“She does everything with 100 per cent conviction and intensity,” Navarro said about Swiatek. “She has a different style of movement and play. It’s tough to not be sort of affected by that and not feel like, ‘OK, I have to do everything at the same speed that she’s doing it.’ So that was something, for sure, I felt a little bit today.”

Maria Sharapova in action during the 2013 Australian Open.

Maria Sharapova in action during the 2013 Australian Open.Credit: Pat Scala

Swiatek will face No.19 Madison Keys of the US tonight for a berth in the final.

Keys, whose best showing at a major was getting to the title match at the 2017 US Open, was a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 winner against Elina Svitolina and is into her third semi-final in Australia.

“Iga is tough to beat because she has a lot of spin, kind of naturally, on both sides. She’s a good server. She’s a good returner. She moves incredibly well,” Keys said. “The biggest thing that makes her so difficult to beat is, because she moves so well, if you miss your spot just slightly, she has enough time to recover, and then the point goes back to neutral.”

AP

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