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World No.2 Iga Swiatek cruised past World No.8 Emma Navarro to progress to the semifinal at the Australian Open for the second time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Iga Swiatek, Emma Navarro (Images via Screengrab\/X)<\/p>\n

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Iga Swiatek<\/strong>\u00a0got embroiled in controversy at the Australian Open. On Wednesday (January 22), she was playing the quarterfinals against\u00a0Emma Navarro<\/strong>\u00a0inside the Rod Laver Arena when a ball that had bounced twice awarded Swiatek a point.<\/p>\n

The incident happened when the players were locked at 2-2 in the second set. During a rally, a shot from 8th seed Navarro bounced once and Swiatek ran quickly from behind the baseline to return it. The second seed was successful in her task and clinched the point. But the ball, without a doubt, had bounced once again before the 23-year-old Pole returned it.<\/p>\n

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Swiatek\u2019s winner awarded her the point to the dismay of the World No.8 who asked the chair umpire about it. But she couldn\u2019t ask for a review as she already played the point.<\/p>\n

The Pole ace eventually won the set and the match with scores of 6-1, 6-2 to knock out the American who had made it to the last eight at Melbourne Park for the first time. Swiatek, on the other hand, has reached the\u00a0Australian Open\u00a0semifinal for the second time.<\/p>\n

It was their second meeting on the WTA Tour after their first encounter in the 2018 Charleston Open, which Swiatek had won in straight sets.<\/p>\n

Fans on social media censured\u00a0Iga Swiatek\u00a0for not refusing the controversial point. They called her a cheater, linking this incident to\u00a0the doping scandal, and claimed Swiatek had deliberately used contaminated melatonin to dope.<\/p>\n

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Swiatek, a five-time Grand Slam champion, has never reached the summit clash of the Melbourne Slam and played the semifinal just once, in 2022. She was knocked out of the fourth round by\u00a0Elena Rybakina<\/strong>\u00a0in 2023 and by\u00a0Linda Noskova<\/strong>\u00a0in the third round in 2024.<\/p>\n

Her semifinal opponent is\u00a0Madison Keys<\/strong>, who fended off\u00a0Elina Svitolina<\/strong>\u00a0in three sets in the previous round. The World No.2 has met Keys five times and leads 4-1 in their head-to-head meeting.<\/p>\n

The semifinal match on Thursday will be their first meeting Down Under. If Swiatek emerges as the winner, she could face World No.1 and the two-time defending champion\u00a0Aryna Sabalenka<\/strong>\u00a0in the final. The Belarusian overcame\u00a0Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova<\/strong>\u00a0to schedule a semifinal clash with\u00a0Paula Badosa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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