NEW YORK (AP) — Around 8 p.m. Monday, Iga Swiatek was holding up her Cincinnati Open championship trophy.

Around 8 a.m. Tuesday, she was getting ready for her mixed doubles match at the U.S. Open in New York City.

It’s been a quick turnaround.

“This was the most extreme situation and most extreme schedule I’ve had after a title win,” Swiatek, currently ranked second in the world, said Tuesday afternoon. “An hour and a half after the match, we already went to catch a plane.”

But that didn’t slow her down. Swiatek and Casper Ruud, her mixed doubles partner, won both of their Tuesday matches to secure a spot in Wednesday’s mixed doubles quarterfinal, where they’ll be competing for a spot in the $1 million title game.

“Actually, it’s kind of nice to have another task, and to not let yours

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