Twelfth seed Elina Svitolina needed just 59 minutes to extend her winning streak to 10 matches by defeating third seed Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-2 in the Australian Open quarter-finals on Tuesday.
She advanced to her fourth career Grand Slam semifinal, and her first at the Australian Open, and is now guaranteed to return to the Top 10 in the WTA rankings for the first time since October 2021 next Monday.
"Not bad, not bad at all. It's always been my dream to get back into the Top 10 after maternity leave, that's always been my goal," Svitolina said after the match, as quoted by the WTA.
Last September, Svitolina ended her 2025 season early, citing the need "to recover and recharge."
