Tennis-Swiatek Dismantles Keys To Attain Second Straight Madrid Ultimate

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Prime seed Iga Swiatek made mild work of Madison Keys to guide a spot in back-to-back finals of the Madrid Open as she beat the American 6-1 6-3 after 70 minutes within the semi-finals on Thursday.

Up subsequent for Swiatek is the winner of the conflict between second seed Aryna Sabalenka and quantity 4 Elena Rybakina, who meet afterward Thursday.

Heading into the competition having gained two of their final three conferences, the 22-year-old Pole dominated from the beginning and wrapped up the opener in simply over half an hour towards the 18th seed.

The second set was no totally different with Keys inflicting little hassle to Swiatek, who misplaced final yr’s last to world quantity two Aryna Sabalenka, because the world primary broke early and raced right into a 5-3 lead earlier than breaking once more to safe the win.

“I really feel actually good,” Swiatek mentioned. “I wasn’t actually serious about what occurred final yr. However repeating this consequence is a good factor.

“I’ll have an opportunity to play a pleasant match in two days. So it’s actually thrilling. I’m joyful general with the entire match.”

Swiatek, a four-times Grand Slam champion, is now the youngest participant to succeed in 10 WTA degree finals on clay since Swiss Martina Hingis in 2000.

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