Swiatek cruises past Shnaider to reach semi-finals in Toronto

[p]Poland's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Swiatek[/a], a six-time Grand Slam champion, will face either Ukraine's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-elina/jyngIesG/"]Elina Svitolina[/a] or Russia's seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alexandrova-ekaterina/dzbgeEFF/"]Ekaterina Alexandrova[/a] on Wednesday for a place in the final.[/p][p]Swiatek, 25, has not reached a final since winning her 26th WTA tour title at the Korea Open in Seoul almost a year ago, and has tumbled down the rankings to world number eight.[/p][embed guid="f57495a4-b011-4182-b9f0-415f0415b833" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2086969508023951841?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Swiatek dropped only three points on her first serve and took 11 of 16 points returning [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shnaider-diana/028BdVOj/"]Shnaider[/a]'s second serves.[/p][p]Shnaider, a left-hander, swatted a backhand over the baseline to surrender a break in the opening game. But Swiatek took a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/shnaider-d-028BdVOj/swiatek-i-jNyZsXZe/?mid=KfRN8eoe"]5-2[/a] lead, breaking again when Shnaider netted a backhand, and served out to take the first set in 31 minutes.[/p][p]Swiatek broke for a 2-1 lead in the second when Shnaider netted a forehand. She smashed a forehand winner to break a second time for a 4-1 advantage and again in the final game when Shnaider sent a forehand long.[/p][embed guid="09afa530-927f-4af1-bf51-d35832949436" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNs_G7Q-CvI" social-type="youtube" /]