Ashleigh Barty storms into semi-finals of Madrid Open

Ashleigh Barty

Ashleigh Barty will take on Paula Badosa in the semi-finals of the Madrid Open after beating Petra Kvitova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday. World No. 1 Barty is chasing her fourth singles title of the year after her triumph in Stuttgart 10 days ago.

Wild card Badosa became the first Spanish woman in the tournament's 12-year history to make the semis with her 6-4, 7-5 win over eighth seed Belinda Bencic.
In the men's draw, second seed Daniil Medvedev picked up his first win on clay for two years when he came back from a set down to beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

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