Coco Gauff turned a 3-11 record on its head as she stunned Madrid Masters holder Iga Swiatek on Thursday, crushing the second seed 6-1, 6-1 in 64 minutes to reach the Spanish final.

Swiatek said she never got started in what turned into a rout as the pair of Grand Slam winners met for the 15th time. The Pole came to the clay court with a huge edge in the series but has now lost her last three to Gauff.

It all fell apart quickly for Swiatek as she failed to win at least three games for the first time since losing to Jelena Ostapenko on grass in Birmingham six years ago.

 “Everything kind of collapsed tennis-wise,” Swiatek said after losing 12 of the last 13 games.

“I wasn’t even in the right place with my feet before the shots. I wish I would have moved better.

“It was all pretty much the same from the beginning to the end. I couldn’t really get my level up.”

The winner of five Grand Slam added: “I wasn’t really sure what I had in my toolbox…I didn’t even have a plan B because nothing was working today.

“I didn’t play well (in Madrid) even in these matches that I won.”

Gauff lost only two points on first serve and never faced a break point, ending with 18 winners and a mere four unforced errors. Swiatek had seven winners and 21 unforced.

“I was aggressive and played with margin. Maybe it wasn’t her best level,” Gauff said. “It was just making sure my level stayed the same. In the second, I raised it.”

The knockout came a day after Swiatek struggled to hold on after losing the opening set 6-0 to Madison Keys before finally pulling out a quarter-final win in three sets.

Main photo:- Iga Swiatek leaves court after 6-1, 6-1 drubbing from Coco Gauff – by ISF Ltd

Iga Swiatek bounced back after losing the opening set to love, with the second seed engineering a recovery effort to reach the semi-finals on Wednesday at the Madrid Masters.

The defending champion fought back from a bagel down for the second time in her career after beating Monica Puig in Paris six years ago.

Swiatek also lost sets to love in five past defeats: 2019 (Australian Open, Roland Garros and Birmingham), 2021 (Eastbourne) and 2023 (Dubai).

She needed an hour and three-quarters to defeat Madison Keys in a battle of current Grand Slam champions, winning 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 for her 10th straight at the event.

“It was one of the weirdest matches I’ve played. It was not good, (but) at least it (was) fast.”

The Pole was broken four times, with Australian Open holder Keys also saving a match point.

The four-time Roland Garros champion will be playing her 20th semi-final at the 1000 level from 36 draw appearances.

Swiatek covered her head with a towel on the changeover following the first-set disaster, likely plotting her turnaround strategy.

The Miami Masters reached back into the archives with a wild card entry for three-time winner Venus Williams with former Grand Slam champions Caroline Wozniacki and Emma Raducanu also benefitting.

Williams 43, now qualifies as a part-timer, with her last appearance on court a first-round loss at the US Open six months ago.

She last reached the second round of a Tour event in 2019 with a grass quarter final in Birmingham nearly half a decade ago.

Williams has always considered Miami a home event, winning the last of her three titles well over two decades ago in 2002.

Wozniacki, who retired from tennis to start a family and is now a mother of two, has been attempting a comeback at age 33 since last summer. The Dane reached the 2017 final and last competed here in the 2019 fourth round.

The 21-year-old Raducanu has fallen flat since a US Open title from a qualifying start in 2021, with the Briton and her family team notorious for changing coaches after only a few months on the job.

No. 252 Raducanu is also aiming at a comeback after missing half of 2023 with injury. 

She last played the event a year ago, exiting in the first round on her second Miami appearance.

She stands 3-5 this season, reaching the second round in Auckland, Melbourne and Abu Dhabi, here last time on court earlier this month.

Main photo:- US Open 2023 Wildcard Venus Williams wearing shocking pink “night attire” lost first round match 6-1 6-1 in just one hour 13 minutes. by Roger Parker International Sports Fotos Ltd