Coco Gauff stuns reigning champ Iga Swiatek in semi-finals

Coco Gauff

Reigning Madrid Open champion Iga Swiatek suffered a crushing semi-final defeat by Coco Gauff on Thursday, with the American triumphing 6-1, 6-1.

The Polish World No.2 could not force a single break point and dropped serve five times as she fell in 64 minutes.

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Gauff, 21, broke in the third, fifth and seventh games to blow Swiatek away in the first set, converting her second set point.

She secured two more breaks in the second set and wrapped up victory at the first time of asking, on serve to love.

In the men's draw Casper Ruud reached the semi-final with a 6-3, 7-5 triumph over Daniil Medvedev.

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