Swiatek surpasses and meets Sabalenko in the Mutua Madrid Open final

Number one in the world, a Pole Iga Swiatek, he ran over a Russian Veronika Kudermetova (6-1 and 6-1) and for the first time in his career reached the WTA 1000 final in Madrid, where he will play against the Belarusian Arina Sabalenka which had previously prevailed over the Greek Maria Sakkari (4-6 and 1-6).

The tennis player from Wroclaw remains undefeated on clay this season. It took her eighty minutes to claim her ninth straight victory in her fifth straight semi-final.

Swiatek, who did not give his opponent a chance, aims for a victory in the Caja Mágica to complete the list of titles at the most relevant land tournaments in Europe: Roland Garros, Rome and Stuttgart.

The Pole again showed clear superiority against another opponent. Kudermetova, who won the most important semi-final of her career so far and was the player with the longest tenure on the court, ran into an unavailable tennis player.

History repeated itself and Swiatek did not give a chance to Kudermetova, who won only one title in her career, in Charleston, although she grew all week with such renowned and elaborate victories as against the eighth in the world, the Russian Daria Kasatkina and the American Jessica Pegula, the third in the WTA rankings .

However, this was the fourth time that Kudermetova ran into a Polish woman. The result was the same. A clear victory for Swiatek, in two sets and on a fast track.

“I’m happy because that was the goal at the beginning of the tournament. Now I just want to rest and think about Saturday’s final,” said the winner at the end of the match. “I’m always focused. Being off track keeps me focused before I go. I think about what will happen on the track. I always think about the goal – he added on the field.

The women’s final of the Mutua Madrid Open will match the first two favorites. Swiatek who has twelve titles, three Grand Slams – two Roland Garros and one US Open – and aims for another in 2023 after Doha.

It will be the third final for the world number one that Dubai has lost. Against Sabalenka, who was previously better than the Greek Marija Sakkari with 6-4, 6-1. “I won’t think about it yet. I just want to rest. But both Aryna and I did a great job and it will be a tough final.”