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Top seed Iga Swiatek fought backmost from a group down against Beatriz Haddad Maia to book her spot successful nan Madrid Open semi-finals.
After sweeping past Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo successful conscionable 68 minutes connected Monday, Swiatek needed 2 hours 30 minutes to wrap up a 4-6 6-0 6-2 triumph against nan Brazilian.
It was nan first clip nan world number 1 dropped a group successful nan tournament.
Swiatek will look Tunisian eighth seed Ons Jabeur aliases American 18th seed Madison Keys, who play later connected Tuesday.
The 22-year-old Pole, bidding for her 3rd title of 2024, collapsed first and raced to a 4-1 lead, but Haddad Maia yet recovered her hit and reeled disconnected 5 consecutive games to return nan opening set.
However, nan 11th seed won conscionable 12 points successful nan 2nd group arsenic Swiatek claimed a 6-0 bagel.
After exchanging breaks early successful nan decider, Swiatek collapsed for a 3-1 lead earlier striking again astatine 5-2 to scope her 5th semi-final of 2024.
