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,

Coco Gauff overpowered defending champion Iga Swiatek to reach the Madrid Open singles final for the first time.

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.