World primary Iga Swiatek breezed right into a second straight Madrid Open closing with a snug victory towards Madison Keys.
A dominant Swiatek wanted simply 70 minutes to wrap up a 6-1 6-3 win towards the American 18th seed.
The Pole, who’s bidding for a 3rd title of 2024, completed runner-up to Aryna Sabalenka in Madrid final 12 months.
Belarusian second seed Sabalenka will arrange a repeat of the 2023 closing if she defeats Elena Rybakina afterward Thursday.
Swiatek, 22, managed her match towards Keys from the offset as she raced to a 3-0 lead within the opening set, dropping simply three of the primary 17 factors.
The four-time Grand Slam champion, who’s a clay-court specialist, broke and consolidated to go 3-1 up within the second set earlier than putting once more on Keys’ serve at 5-3 to succeed in her third WTA 1,000 closing this season.
Keys, a US Open finalist in 2017, couldn’t capitalise on the few probabilities she had, lacking out on three break factors and making 28 unforced errors to Swiatek’s eight.
Russian third seed Daniil Medvedev will play Jiri Lehecka in the one males’s singles match on Thursday after Italian prime seed Jannik Sinner withdrew from his quarter-final assembly with Felix Auger-Aliassime with a hip damage.