- Jabeur faces Garcia in first of two women’s semi-finals
- Top-seeded Swiatek goes against Sabalenka in nightcap
- Were Alcaraz and fans victims of US Open scheduling?
Hello and welcome to Flushing Meadows for tonight’s US Open women’s semi-finals. We’ve got a delicious twin-bill in store with No 5 Ons Jabeur meeting No 17 Caroline Garcia in the first match and No 1 Iga Swiatek going against No 6 Aryna Sabalenka in the nightcap.
We’re guaranteed a first-time US Open champion from this crop, but all the chatter about this being a wide-open semi-final draw feels a bit off target with a gang of four that includes this year’s French Open champion (Swiatek), a returning US Open semi-finalist (Sabalenka), the Wimbledon runner-up (Jabeur) and the hottest player on tour all summer long (Garcia). You could hardly ask for a more deserving last four at the season’s final major.