The Polish, number 1, overwhelmed Gauff 6-3 and 6-1
The semifinals will be played this Sunday.
the polish Iga Swiatek achieved full victory this Saturday in the group stage of the WTA Finalsby beating the American Coco Gauff, and met the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals of the tournament in Fort Worth (USA), who on the other side of the draw will face the Greek María Sakkari and the French Caroline García .
Swiatek, who came to this game already sure of going to the semifinals as first in her group, He did not give Gauff an option, already eliminated, and won 6-3 and 6-1 in a game of just one hour and ten minutes.
The Polish move, number one in the world ranking, ran over Gauff, number fourand advanced to the semifinals without dropping a set.
She beat Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-3 and García 6-3, 6-2. In all, he has only lost thirteen games on his unblemished road to the semifinals.
Swiatek, champion of eight tournaments this year, including Roland Garros and the US Open, will fight for his first WTA Finals and her first obstacle will be Sabalenka, who finished second in the Nancy Richey group.
the two players they have already met four times this year with Swiatek victories in all of them in Doha, Stuttgart, Rome and in the semifinals of the US Open.
In addition to Roland Garros and the US Open, the Polish player, only 21 years old, won in Doha, Indian Wells, Miami, Stuttgart, Rome and San Diego.
This Saturday there was only one place left in the semifinals at stake and García was awarded it after a high-intensity match, which lasted two and a half hours and ended with a third set that lasted one hour and twenty minutes. The Frenchwoman triumphed 4-6, 6-1 and 7-6(5).
Kasatkina won the first set 6-4but García reacted in time and managed a comeback to reach the pass for the semifinals.
He dominated the second set with a 6-1 and took the deciding set in the tiebreak. Both players suffered with their serve and there were four breaks and thirteen break balls.
But finally the champion of the WTA 1,000 from Cincinnati managed to stand in the semifinals, in which will face Sakkari, who won the Nancy Richey group with full victories.
Both semifinals will be played this Sunday while the title will be defined in the final this Monday.
The tournament puts a prize pool of five million dollars at stake.