Crazy match Iga Świątek. There has been no such thing for years!

Even before the first meeting of the meeting, it was known that fans could get ready for really hard playing on both sides. Madison Keys is a typical “Big Hiterka”, which has a lot of opportunities to physically solve matches in his favor. So through juicy plays, especially from the Formend side. Iga Świątek also has his arguments in this category, but it still seems that the American has a much stronger hand, which she showed in Madrid quite quickly.

Shock in the first set. Iga Świątek lost to Madison Keys to zero

Only 24 minutes lasted the first set of Wednesday’s quarter -finals between the Polish woman and the American. Świątek got used to it that she usually won with rivals 6: 0 or 6: 1. Ba, the famous “Iga bakery” worked even during the Tuesday match, against Diana Sznajder. The Russian began with losing with a Polish woman in six games, without even touching anything more. The facts, however, are that Sznajder woke up in the second party and ultimately Christmas needed three sets to be in the quarter -finals in Madrid.

The vice -leader of the WTA ranking had to go a fairly similar path a day later. Świątek lost to Keys 0: 6 to the opening, looking surprisingly poor. Nervousness, no solid service, neither the first nor the second. In addition, there were no solutions for playing a strong American, she was able to jump smoothly to her favorite forhend and generally, lead a match in her own rhythm. When the Polish woman went down to the cloakroom at 0: 1 and less than 30 minutes of the game, there were plenty of questions, and the answers … very little.

Let’s add that the last time a Polish set 0: 6 lost in June 2021, during the tournament in Eastbourne, on grass courts. Then Daria Kasatkina gave such an unpleasant lesson. Since then, Świątek played … 625 sets (including Billie Jean King Cup) and never once had this type of story.

A strange quarter -finals of the 1000 in Madrid. Surprising turnover of events

However, this best answer was given from the beginning of the second set. There was a retreat of roles, maybe in a slightly less harsh version for Keys, but still – it was Świątek on 5: 1. The American was still approaching the Polish woman, doing one breakage of the site, then improving her game and it got 5: 3 for the defender of the title. Świątek managed to close this installment after 41 minutes with a 6: 3 result.

After just over an hour, the ladies had already had two sets behind them. Admittedly, the pace is rapid.

What did the third set look like? As expected, you could expect the most equal play, after all the stake was the semi -final in Madrid. The party began with 2: 2, where Świątek and Keys skillfully guard their service games. On the back of the head you could have equal playing both ladies in the Australian Open 2025 semi -final. At that time, the American, on hard, fast courts in Melbourne, was the mountain. What’s more, later reaching for his first Grand Slam title in his career in Australia.

It was the Polish woman who was the first to violate the rival, winning the fifth game, at Keys (3: 2). After a while, Świątek confirmed her advantage on the court, going out on a two -piece supply (4: 2). Importantly, the Polish woman played consistently, eliminated her own mistakes, showed a completely different face than from the first, whole set and the end of the second, when she allowed her to get closer with the result of Keys.

This release of Świątek wants to watch. After 33 minutes, the Polish woman went out 5: 2, adding a second break to her account in the third installment of the match. Entering the level higher with your game was the best form of retort on how the meeting with Keys Polska Tennis played began. Big applause for Świątek. She showed that she is able to withstand a lot mentally. There are few players who would be able to recover from 0: 6 at the beginning, especially with such a dangerous rival/rival on the other side of the net.

However, Świątek succeeded. Although this is a bad term – she just won a Polish woman. And deservedly found itself in the semi -final of the event in the Spanish capital. The final success of Świątek is getting closer. In the Thursday semi -final, the Polish woman will face Coco Gauff. The American in two sets beat the Russian diamond Mirra Andrejew.