But maybe this is Swiatek's year. The 24-year-old will finally play in her first semifinal at Wimbledon after a victory over Liudmila Samsonova in the quarterfinal Wednesday. Swiatek looked to be in top form early during the match, which she won 6-2, 7-5.

LONDON - The balls kept on listening to Iga Swiatek on Wednesday as the Polish eighth seed walloped Liudmila Samsonova 6-2 7-5 to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time. Read more at straitstimes.

Iga Swiatek has just been through to her first Wimbledon semifinal but it didn’t come without drama as the No. 4 seed struggled to close out the match before ultimately completing a 6-2 7-5 win over No. 19 seed Liudmila Samsonova in an hour and 49 minutes of play.