Madrid – The Defensor Defensor de Coco, IgA Swiatek 6-1, 6-1, to reach the Final of the Singles of the Madrid Open for the first time on Thursday.
The Gobalia broke the Swiatek service three times on the first set and twice in the second to navigate to a semifinal victory of 64 minutes over the second swiatek in the clay court tournament.
“The mentality I had throughout the game was aggressive,” said the fourth road. “Maybe it was not her best level today, but I think I forced her to make some uncomfortable positions.”
Swiatek had recovered from Lose the first set 0-6 To Madison Keys on Wednesday.
Gound will face Aryna Sabalenka or Elina Svitolina in the final.
In the quarterfinals, Casper Ruud advanced by defeating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-5 to become the first player born in 1990 or later to reach 30 semifinals of clay tour level.
The Norwegian number 15 had been 0-3 against Medvedev in his career.
“I looked at our statistics last night and I saw that it hit me in the grass, outdoors hard and hard inner. The last surface was clay, so I thought: ‘Please, do not do it 4-0’,” Ruud said. “I tried to use the surface for my advantage. I thought the level was quite good for both players, I was impressed by Daniil’s ability to produce power here in clay.”
Rud will face Francisco Cerundolo, who met to defeat the adolescent Jakub Mensik 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2
Cerundolo had defeated Alexander Zverev in the previous round.
The Madrid Open was interrupted on Monday due to the greatest blackout That put Spain and Portugal to a dead point. More than 20 games had to postpone in the Tennis Caja Magica complex, creating a schedule full of the week.
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