Iga Swiatek recovered after losing the first six games of the match to defeat Madison Keys 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 and stay on track to defend her title at the Madrid Open on Wednesday.
\nSwiatek was overpowered by Keys early in their quarterfinal but eventually found a way to rally past the fifth-ranked American on center court, The Associated Press reported.
\n\u201cIt was one of the weirdest matches I played,\u201d the second-ranked Swiatek said. \u201cMaddie was playing just perfectly at the beginning and I wasn\u2019t really proactive with anything. I let Maddie do more mistakes by just putting the ball back and the momentum changed.\u201d
\nIt was the first meeting between the two since Swiatek squandered a match point in the semifinals of the Australian Open that was won by Keys.
\nSwiatek is trying to reach her third straight Madrid final. She beat Aryna Sabalenka last year after losing to her in 2023.
\nSabalenka, the No. 1 player in the world, later faces 24th-seed Marta Kostyuk in her quarterfinal match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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