Iga Swiatek reached the final at the Mutua Madrid Open 2023. On Spanish clay-courts, the Pole dominated from start to finish against the Russian Veronika Kudermetova and won with a clear 6-1 6-1 in just one hour and 20 minutes of play.
Thanks to this success, the number 1 in the world therefore gains access to the final, where she will challenge Aryna Sabalenka. The Belarusian is in fact the first finalist of the WTA1000 in Madrid. She defeated the Greek Maria Sakkari and conquered the fifth Final of 2023, targeting her third title, after those obtained in Adelaide and above all at the Australian Open.
Tomorrow the much awaited women’s final. Below the semifinals highlights
The men’s results
Jan-Lennard Struff gets his first semifinal in a Master 1000, defeating in the quarterfinals of the Mutua Madrid Open 2023 Stefanos Tsitsipas, after a battle of three sets, finished with the final score of 7-6(5) 5-7 6-3.
In the first set Struff canceled two break points in the fourth game. At the tie-break, with Tsitsipas who takes up 4-1, but suffers the comeback of Struff who ends up 7-5. The German cancels a break point at the opening of the second set.
In the twelfth…