With that, she grew to become simply the second Japanese lady within the Open period to report 80 Grand Slam singles wins, after Ai Sugiyama.
It is also the primary time since 2018 that Osaka, who reached the semi-finals in New York 12 months in the past, has reached the third spherical in any respect 4 Grand Slam tournaments in the identical season.
“I just told myself that it’s an honour to play on this court, honestly,” Osaka mentioned.
“I just want to keep playing in front of you guys if possible, so to keep fighting as best as I can.
“The vitality from the group, it’s totally vigorous and I’ve the expertise of rising up right here and taking part in on this courtroom many instances. It’s actually enjoyable.”
Swiatek, a six-time major winner whose sole US Open triumph arrived in 2022, had no such issues.
Poland’s 25-year-old former world number one defeated Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska 6-3 6-2 to set up a meeting with Czech player Marie Bouzkova, who earlier ended Briton Harriet Dart’s tournament.
However, American Madison Keys survived a huge scare as the former finalist saved five match points to come through a thrilling match against Hungary’s Anna Bondar.
After forcing a third set, Keys, the 22nd seed at her home slam, trailed the decider by a double break of serve.
She stayed alive after Bondar produced back-to-back double faults on her first two match factors, and three extra on her subsequent service recreation, earlier than breaking once more to degree the set and ultimately clinching a 10-point tie-break to win 5-7 6-4 7-6 (10-5).