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Poland's star player Iga Swiatek won the match and entered the quarterfinals of the last Grand Slam US Open tennis tournament. Swiatek, the number 1 in women's singles, will play her ninth Grand Slam quarterfinal.
Swiatek, who played her 100th career Grand Slam match, defeated Ludmila Samsonova 6-4, 6-1 to reach the US Open quarterfinals for the second time. The Polish player broke Maria Sharapova's (82 Grand Slam wins) record with her 83rd win in 100 matches. Swiatek has a career-best 35 wins at the French Open at Roland Garros and 20 wins and four losses at Flushing Meadows. Martina Hingis and Serena Williamson have 86 wins each in this exclusive club. Monica Seles leads the way with 93 Grand Slam match wins.
At one point in the first set, Swiatek and Ludmila were tied at 4-4 but the Polish player won seven consecutive games to seal her victory. Now she will face sixth seed Jessica Pegula who defeated Diana 6-4, 6-2. This is the seventh time she has reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam. Carolina Muchova has also reached the last-eight in women's singles. She defeated Jasmine Paolini, who was the runner-up in French Open and Wimbledon this year, 6-3, 6-3.