The two women's singles semifinals of the 2024 WTA 1000 Madrid Station are all over, with Swiatek sweeping Keys 2-0 and Sabalenka reversing Rybakina 2-1.
Swiatek vs. Case! Swiatek, who is world No. 1, the top seed and favourite, has met three times before, with Swiatek holding a slight 2-1 advantage and winning their only previous clay meeting, with the pair most recently meeting in Cincinnati 2022, when Keys won. Judging from the comparison of the comprehensive strength of the two, Swiatek is obviously still stronger. The showdown in this game does not seem to be too suspenseful.
In the first set, Swiatek easily won 6-1, and in the second set, Swiatek encountered some resistance, but still won 6-3, swept Keys 2-0, and entered the final of this tournament for the second consecutive year, which is also the 11th time in her career that she has entered the 1000 championship match. This result is to be expected, and Swiatek is really strong and very stable these days.
Rybakina and Sabalenka staged a "double-bar battle" and a duel between the key to the Grand Slam! The two had played each other a total of 8 times before, and Sabalenka had a slight advantage of 5 wins and 3 losses, but on the whole, the strength of the two was still relatively close, and the suspense of victory or defeat was very great.
In the first set, Rybakina won 6-1 relatively smoothly, and in the second set, Sabalenka won 7-5 with difficulty in the unfavorable opening situation, and in the deciding set, the two entered the tie-break, and Sabalenka wasted two end points after 6-3, but still won 7-5, defeating Rybakina 2-1, and reached the finals of this station three times in the past four years, which is also the seventh time in her career that she has entered the 1000 finals.