Swiatek sprints, Navarro continues to clear the last eight

The most difficult Iga Swiatek could have had at the 2025 Australian Open on Monday night remembered her age.

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“I’m still, what, 23,” Swiatek said in her interview on the court at Rod Laver Arena, pausing before the number finally came to her. “There is always a lot to improve.”

That approach is one of the reasons why the Pole is already a five-time Grand Slam winner.

After beating the lucky Eva Lys loses 6-0 6-1 in hot and humid Melbourne to set up a meeting with Emma Navarroshe moved one round closer to a maiden Australian Open final.

Navarro beat Daria Kasatkina in a very different way, 6-4 5-7 7-5 in two hours and 40 minutes at John Cain Arena in an outing that started well before Swiateks and finished well after it.

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Swiatek’s 11 matches, filed through four rounds, mark her fewest at a major, excluding retirements, bettering her previous mark set in her French Open stronghold.

“I usually didn’t feel comfortable at the Australian Open with my game, but this year it’s a bit better so I’m enjoying being on and off the court as well,” she said.

“Hopefully it will last even longer.”