Iga Świątek and Hubert Hurkacz display great form in the Masters 1000 in Rome. On Tuesday afternoon, they qualified for the semis and the quarterfinals respectively.

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Iga gave a tennis lesson to the American Madison Keys (6-1; 6-3) in just an hour and seventeen minutes. The Varsovian has not lost a set so far in the Italian capital and continues her impressive winning streak on clay this season. When at such a high level, the Polish superstar will seems (and is) unstoppable.

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A few hours later, Hubert Hurkacz validated his ticket for the last eight. The world number 9 needed two hours and fourty minutes to take the better of an inspired Sebastian Baez in three hard-fought sets (5-7; 7-6; 6-4). 

The Argentinian had his chance in this interesting battle. Up one set to love, he even led 3-1 in the tie-break of the second set, being four points away from the win. But Hubi showed great composure and accuracy and turned this match on its head.

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Świątek will face the winner of the match opposing the Chinese Quinwen Zheng and the American Coco Gauff for a place in the final. Both just players started their match at the moment of writing. Hubi, in turn, will be facing the American Tommy Paul for a place in the semis. The match is scheduled on Wednesday at 11 AM (UK time). 

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Author: Sébastien Meuwissen