Belinda Bencic, Emma Raducanu, Karolina Pliskova reach US Open quarterfinals
Belinda Bencic is back into the quarterfinals of the US Open.
The Olympic gold medalist from Switzerland beat Iga Swiatek 7-6 (12), 6-3 to make the last eight in Flushing Meadows for the third time.
The 11th-seeded Bencic won the lengthy first-set tiebreaker, then took the second set in 43 minutes -- only about 20 minutes longer than the tiebreaker lasted.
"The set was so even, so I think in the tiebreak it's always a little bit about luck," Bencic said.
Bencic was a semifinalist at the US Open in 2019, the last time she played. She also reached the quarterfinals in her debut in 2014.
Swiatek, the No. 7 seed from Poland who won last year's French Open, was the only women's player to reach the fourth round in every major this year.
No. 4 Karolina Pliskova also advanced into the quarterfinals on Monday, beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5, 6-4. She will face either 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu or No. 17 Maria Sakkari.
The unexpected run of American Shelby Rogers is over. After upsetting top-ranked Ash Barty on Saturday, Rogers lost to British teen Emma Raducanu 6-2, 6-1.
Raducanu, 18, has gone all the way from the US Open qualifying rounds to the quarterfinals. She joins fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez in the women's last eight.
Raducanu reached the fourth round at Wimbledon and has gone a step further in the year's last Grand Slam tournament, becoming just the third female qualifier to reach the US Open quarterfinals in the professional era.
Rogers jumped to a 2-0 lead before Raducanu won the next 11 games.
Raducanu will next face Bencic with a spot in the semifinals on the line.
"Belinda is a great player who's in great form, so I know I'm going to have to bring it on Wednesday," Raducanu said.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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