Alex de Minaur leaves Madrid open after the loss of Gerades sets. Iga świątek beats Madison Keys

Alex de Minurs Madrid Open came to a crushed end, which was beaten in straight sentences by Italian Lorenzo Musetti.

The sixth de Minaur, who reached the last 16 with a fifth ATP Masters 1000 event in a row, was beaten in an hour and 23 minutes 6-4 6: 2 by Lorenzo Musetti.

After Musetti lost her first encounter at the Australian Open 2022, he won three games in a row against de Minaur.

The 10th seed is next to the Canadian happy loser Gabriel Diallo, the Bulgaria’s 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov, 5-7, 7-6 (9/7), 6-4, absurd.

De Minaur was broken in the opening game and two more times in the second set of Musetti to cancel.

He will draw his attention to the Italian Open, which begins in Rome next week.

Matteo Arnaldi supported his victory over Novak Djokovic by defeating Frances Tiafoe 6: 3 and 7: 5 to reach the quarter-finals of an ATP 1000 tournament for the second time.

The Italian will next to Jack Draper, who defeated 6: 2, 6-2 Tommy Paul.

In the women’s draw, the defending champion Iga świątek survived “one of the strangest games” of her career after losing the first six games against Madison Keys before they predominated in three sentences.

In a resumption of her exciting Australian Open semi-final, the world number two triumphed 0: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2 to build a semi-final stable against Coco Gaisuff.

Gauff, 21, defeated 18-year-old Mirra Andreeva with 7: 5, 6: 1 in the latest WTA 1000 quarter-finals in 16 years.

Since the introduction of the WTA 1000 level, only the Indian Wells quarter -finals between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Agnieszka Radwanska had a younger combined age.

Świątek was overwhelmed by fifth key at the beginning of her quarter -finals, but finally found a way to gather the Australian Open Champion past the Center Court.

“It was one of the strangest games I played,” said świątek.

“Maddie played perfectly at the beginning and I wasn’t really proactive with anything.

“I let Maddie make more mistakes by simply removing the ball and changing the swing.”

Świątek tries to reach her third Madrid final in a row. She defeated Aryna Sabalenka last year after losing number one in the world in 2023.

Against Andreeva number seven in the world, Gauff recovered after taking a break at 5: 4 in the first set. She faced two setpoint points.

“I think I dictated most rallies, so happy with it,” said Gauf, who is fourth in the WTA ranking.

“Overall, I am satisfied with everything.”

Both Gauff and Andreeva were able to complete their games in the previous round, just before the game brought Spain and Portugal to a standstill at the beginning of this week.

More than 20 games had to be moved in the Caja Magica tennis complex.

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