World number two Iga Swiatek snapped American Coco Gauff’s 16-match winning run with a dominant 6-2 6-3 victory on Saturday to move into the China Open final, where she will meet Russian Liudmila Samsonova.
Gauff had beaten Swiatek in their last meeting in the semi-finals at Cincinnati to end a seven-match losing run against the Pole before going on to capture her maiden Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open and arrive in Beijing in red-hot form.
