The number 1 of the world and champion of the Mutua Madrid Open 2023Aryna Sabalenkawill be for the third consecutive and fourth year in the final of the Mutua Madrid Open. Last year he was whipped in her by IgA Swiatek And this time you will face Coco Gauffswhich crushed the Polish by 6-1 and 6-1. She, on the other hand, had to resolve another difficult encounter against a Ukrainian rival. Elina Svitolina He never delivered and returned to the game again and again, but Sabalenka He ended up winning 6-3 and 7-5.
In the first bars of the clash it seemed that the Belarusian would resolve with authority. In less than 20 minutes He put a 4-1 on the scoreboard with a total offensive tennis display. But Svitolina recovered the break. Champion a week ago in Buckwheatthe game matched and although he could not prevent his rival from taking his sleeve, the game became different.
In the second set Aryna He charged advantage again. He managed to maintain it to what seemed almost the end. However, when he took with 5-4 to win the Elina match he returned the ‘break‘. He managed to recover it immediately and close the game.
Before, Lorenzo Muzzles ended the adventure of the ‘Lucky Loser’ Canadian Gabriel Diallo by defeating him 6-4 and 6-3 in the quarterfinals. The Italian assured a place in the ‘Top 10’ despite the fact that the Canadian, with a physicist theoretically worn -out For the large number of matches, and several to three sets, played, had already played.
Diallo even had 4-2 advantage in the first set, but six games followed by Muzzles They decant the game. Musetti will seek to Jack Draper his second Masters 1,000 final this year, after having fallen against Carlos Alcaraz In Montecarlo.