Gauff whips Swiatek, enters final

Coco Gauff dismantled defending champion Iga Swiatek 6-1, 6-1 on Thursday with a ruthless display to storm into her first Madrid Open final, where she will face world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka for the WTA 1000 title.

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Gauff and Swiatek had met 14 times, with the head-to-head heavily in four-time French Open winner Swiatek’s favour at 11 wins to 3, while the American had never beaten the Pole on clay.

Swiatek’s frustration mounted as Gauff stormed back from 0-1 to win 11 straight games and 12 of the last 13. Visibly rattled, the top seed lost her composure and was even hit with a rare code violation for an audible obscenity.

"Honestly, there's nothing to walk through because it was all pretty much the same from the beginning to the end," world No.2 Swiatek told reporters.