Andreeva stuns Swiatek to reach Stuttgart semis after Muchova downs Gauff

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Andreeva[/a] beat the two-time Stuttgart champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/andreeva-m-lI6fOOat/swiatek-i-jNyZsXZe/?mid=EqHvZV8O"]3-6, 6-4, 6-3[/a] and will face top seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Elena Rybakina[/a] in the semi-finals.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Swiatek[/a] has won four of her six Grand Slams on the French Open clay and was considered among the favourites for the Stuttgart tournament, but struggled against the energetic Russian.[/p][p]The Pole capitalised on some clumsy baseline errors from her opponent to win the opening set, but Andreeva converted a crucial break point to take the second set.[/p][p]Swiatek ran out to a two-game lead in the deciding set, but Andreeva broke back twice to take the initiative and the match.[/p][p]The 18-year-old rising star also eliminated defending champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ostapenko-jelena/Gloq9MUN/"]Jelena Ostapenko[/a] in the first round of the tournament.[/p][p]In the later game, Rybakina overcame [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-leylah-annie/8EI3pJOd/"]Leylah Fernandez[/a] in a mammoth contest that lasted over three hours. The Kazakh came back to edge their quarter-final [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/fernandez-l-a-8EI3pJOd/rybakina-e-UDzElXdm/?mid=d6goOHEN"]6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(6)[/a].[/p][embed guid="3304e56d-30e2-4bbe-813b-5a5ca56a80a3" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWF5aQ94z-I" social-type="youtube" /][p]Earlier on Friday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muchova-karolina/Or4Qa1ye/"]Karolina Muchova[/a] broke through for a first win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a], eliminating the French Open champion in three sets.[/p][p]Muchova had never beaten world number three Gauff in six matches, including a loss in the fourth round of this year's Australian Open, but prevailed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/gauff-c-f5BXmEH6/muchova-k-Or4Qa1ye/?mid=2R26T6R9"]6-3, 5-7, 6-3[/a] to reach the Stuttgart semi-finals for the first time.[/p][p]The 12th-ranked Muchova will face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monfils-elina/jyngIesG/"]Elina Svitolina[/a] for a place in the final.[/p][p]After ensuring Gauff exited the tournament in the quarter-finals for the third straight year, Muchova said she tried not to let the daunting record impact her preparation.[/p][p][b]"It was a great fight. I'm just happy that I finally, finally beat her,"[/b] Muchova said.[/p][p][b]"This was actually our first match on a clay court. On clay, we were 0-0 in the matches - I tried to keep it positive."[/b][/p][embed guid="8b5518e4-e3c4-455e-9f90-1d5d8d0e8b92" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYN9KIpQKNE" social-type="youtube" /][p]Fourth seed Svitolina moved past Czech [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/noskova-linda/zHMiAkw6/"]Linda Noskova[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/noskova-l-zHMiAkw6/svitolina-e-jyngIesG/?mid=z7JnKwuH"]7-6(2), 7-5[/a] to book her semi-final spot.[/p][p]The in-form Ukrainian has now reached five semi-finals this season.[/p][p]Svitolina told reporters she had rediscovered her fighting spirit after a difficult 2025.[/p][p][b]"I had a really difficult end of last year, struggling a bit mentally,"[/b] Svitolina said.[/p][p][b]"I think my fighting spirit is back this year. I'm very pleased with that."[/b][/p][embed guid="fdd22111-d1f9-40f7-badc-47b14b99ac1a" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNRClFp1jiI&pp=ygUDd3Rh" social-type="youtube" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/wta-singles/stuttgart/"]Follow the event in Stuttgart with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]