Coco Gauff Shockingly Thrashes Iga Swiatek To Reach Madrid Open Final

Coco Gauff recorded another impressive win against Iga Swiatek, thrashing the Polish player at the 2025 Madrid Open.

Swiatek is undoubtedly the best clay-court player of this generation. She has won four of the last five editions of the French Open, and her achievements at all other clay-court events speak for themselves as well.

This year, Swiatek was the defending champion at the WTA 1000 event in Madrid, but she struggled throughout the event. The 23-year-old needed three sets already in her first match to beat Alexandra Eala.

Swiatek then needed three sets against Diana Shnaider as well, and against Madison Keys in the quarter-finals, Swiatek lost the first set 0-6. She impressively completed a comeback in that match, but couldn't do the same in her semi-final match against Gauff.

In the past, Swiatek dominated the matchup against Gauff, winning the first seven matches and even leading the H2H 11-1 at one point. However, Gauff has now won the last three meetings between the two without losing a set.

This time, the young American showed her presence already in the first game of the match, pushing Swiatek to the limit. The Pole resisted, despite going through two deuces. At the same time, that was also the last game that the WTA World No. 2 player managed to win for a long time.

Gauff won the following six games in the first set of the match, winning it 6-1. The 2023 US Open champion served impressively, losing only two points on her serve. She was obviously impressive on return as well, using three out of five break points.

Things didn't get any better at the start of the second set for Swiatek. Gauff was just flying around the court, and after the first five games of the second set, the scoreboard showed 6-1 and 5-0 for the 21-year-old American.

Gauff won 20 of the first 26 points in the second set, completely dominating her opponent. She was only two points away from bageling Swiatek at 5-0 and 30-30, but ultimately, the Polish player held her serve once.

But that was less than enough to seriously challenge Gauff, who was just the better player on the tennis court, beating Swiatek 6-1, 6-1 to reach the Madrid Open final. After the match, Gauff was happy about her performance, even though she knew her opponent wasn't at her best.

Swiatek will now prepare for the Italian Open in Rome, while Gauff will prepare for her final match in Madrid. The American will take on the winner of the match between Aryna Sabalenka and Elina Svitolina.