The champion en-titre in Madrid, Iga Swiak, was “demolished” in the semifinals of the Coco Gauff tournament, in front of which he managed to win only two games. It was 6-1, 6-1 for the US tennis player, who approached Simona Halep's performance at Roland Garros 2019, who shattered Polish 6-1, 6-0.
The second player in the world was categorically defeated by Coco Gauff, in one hour and 5 minutes of play, for the first time on the slag in direct meetings. Moreover, so far the American had not won any set against Polish on this surface, the balance being 0-10.
In 2019, Simona Halep gave her a 6-1, 6-0
The performance of the 21-year-old athlete is all the greater as he has only become the second player in history that gives up Polish less than 5 games in a slag match. The first remains Simona Halep, who left Swiak alone, at Roland Garros 2019, when she defeated her 6-1, 6-0 in just 45 minutes, but then Polish took the first steps in the big tennis. And the following year, IgA took revenge in front of Romania, also at the French Open: 6-1, 6-2, then winning the tournament, at only 19 years old.
Iga Swiak angry because nothing came out. Photo Getty Images
In Madrid, while Coco Gauff triumph to the 11th final in his career – the first in a WTA 1000 tournament – Iga Swiak, overwhelmed by emotions, broke out during the match. In the second set, at the score of 6-1, 3-0 for the American, the Polish was surprised in a delicate moment, in which he cried, hiding his head under a towel.
