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Top seed Iga Swiatek made light work of Madison Keys to book a place in back-to-back Madrid Open finals as she beat the American 61 63 after 70 minutes in the semi-finals on Thursday.
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Top seed Iga Swiatek made light work of Madison Keys to book a place in back-to-back Madrid Open finals as she beat the American 6-1 6-3 after 70 minutes in the semi-finals on Thursday.
Next up for Swiatek is the winner of the clash between second seed Aryna Sabalenka and number four Elena Rybakina, who meet later on Thursday.
Having won two of their last three meetings in the contest, the 22-year-old Pole dominated from the start and finished the opening in just over half an hour against the 18th seed.
The second set was no different with Keys causing little trouble for Swiatek, she lost last year’s final to world number two Aryna Sabalenka, as the world number one broke early and raced to a 5- 3 before breaking again to secure the win.
“I feel really good,” said Swiatek. “I didn’t really think about what happened last year. But repeating this result is a great thing.
“I’ll have a chance to play a nice game in two days. So it’s very exciting. I’m overall happy with the whole tournament.”
Swiatek, a four-time Grand Slam champion, is now the youngest player to reach 10 WTA finals on clay since Switzerland’s Martina Hingis in 2000.
