Brad Gilbert read about a report revealing Iga Swiatek might skip the clay season and Coco Gauff's former coach made it clear that he doesn't think that would be a good move. After the five-time Grand Slam champion got obliterated by Coco Gauff 6-1 6-1 in the Madrid semifinal,

But, Gauff far from struggled against Swiatek on Thursday, beating the five-time major champion 6-1, 6-1 in just 64 minutes on clay. Gauff has now won over Swiatek in their last three meetings to raise their head-to-head record to 11-3 in Swiatek's favor.

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