World primary Iga Swiatek breezed into the semi-finals of the Italian Open with a straight-set victory over 18th seed Madison Keys.
The 22-year-old Pole, who took the title in Rome in 2021 and 2022, wrapped up the 6-1 6-3 win in 77 minutes.
It is the second time in 13 days that Swiatek has triumphed in opposition to Keys, beating the American by the identical scoreline within the Madrid Open final 4.
Swiatek will face third seed Coco Gauff or Australian Open runner-up Zheng Qinwen subsequent.
Swiatek has but to drop a set within the Italian capital forward of her French Open title defence later this month.
The four-time Grand Slam winner is aiming to develop into the primary girl since Serena Williams in 2013 to win back-to-back singles titles in Madrid and Rome in the identical season.
In the lads’s occasion, Alejandro Tabilo adopted up his shock win over world primary Novak Djokovic with one other upset in opposition to Russian sixteenth seed Karen Khachanov.
The Chilean, ranked thirty second on the planet, gained 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (12-10) to achieve his first ATP Masters 1,000 quarter-final.
He will play China’s Zhang Zhizhen, who defeated Brazilian qualifier Thiago Monteiro 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.
American Taylor Fritz overcame Bulgarian eighth seed Grigor Dimitrov 6-2 6-7 (11-13) 6-1 after letting a match level slip throughout a 20-minute second-set tie-break.
Fritz will meet German third seed Alexander Zverev or Portugal’s Nuno Borges within the final eight.