Iga Swiatek ends 2023 US Open champion Coco Gauff’s streak to reach 2023 China Open final

Iga Swiatek ended Coco Gauff’s unbeaten run as she beat the American 6-2 6-3 in the China Open semi-finals on Saturday.

Swiatek dropped to No. 2 in the world after the US Open, won by Gauff, and has chance to triumph in another WTA 1000 final when she faces the winner of Elena Rybakina and Liudmila Samsonova in Sunday’s final.

The win avenges Swiatek’s defeat at the Cincinnati Open semi-finals at the hands of the American teenager.

Gauff had 16 consecutive wins to her name since starting…