If it’s anything like last year’s final, the fans at the WTA Madrid Open are in for a treat. But there will be a new champion in the Spanish capital after defending champion Iga Swiatek suffered a shock 1-6 1-6 defeat at the hands of Coco Gauff in the last four,

Coco Gauff was utterly dominant as she dispatched defending champion Iga Świątek 6-1, 6-1 in just 64 minutes to reach the Madrid Open final, handing the five-time grand slam champion one of the worst defeats of her career.

Conceding only two games en route to victory, Coco Gauff is only the second player to concede fewer than five games to Iga Swiatek in a WTA-level match on clay, after Simona Halep (one game, Roland Ga