Amanda Anisimova storms past Coco Gauff in 58 minutes, 6-1, 6-2, in semifinals of Beijing

Amanda Anisimova put on a dazzling display of power at the China Open in Beijing on Saturday, needing just 58 minutes to storm past Coco Gauff in the semifinals of the WTA 1000 event, 6-1, 6-2.

The victory put her through to her fifth final of the year, as well as the third WTA 1000 final of her career, having finished runner-up in Toronto last year (to Jessica Pegula) and winning Doha this year.

But there's more.

Anisimova, who's currently ranked a career-high No. 4, is now the only player this year to have wins over the current Top 3 players in the world—No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, No. 2 Iga Swiatek and No. 3 Gauff.

And she beat them all on the biggest of stages, too, taking out Sabalenka in the semifinals of Wimbledon, Swiatek in the quarterfinals of the US Open and now Gauff in the semifinals of Beijing.

Anisimova's power game was in full flight from start to finish on Saturday, as she raced out to a 5-0 lead—including winning 18 of 20 points at one point—en route to taking the 27-minute first set.

She jumped out to another 5-0 lead in the second set, losing just six points in those five games, which is when Gauff started to claw her way back into it, breaking and then holding to close the gap to 5-2.

Anisimova swiftly served the match out at 15 in the next game.

The stats sheet said it all, as Anisimova finished with almost twice as many points as Gauff in the match, 59 to 30, as well as almost twice as many winners, 15 to 8, while committing fewer unforced errors, 16 to 22.

"I was just excited to play in my first semifinal here, and I was able to put on a really good performance," she said afterwards in her on-court interview. "I knew that I was going to have to play really well against Coco to get the win, and yeah, I'm really excited to be in the final."

Awaiting the No. 3-seeded Anisimova in the final in the Chinese capital on Sunday will be either the No. 5 seed, Pegula, or the No. 26 seed, Linda Noskova, who squared off in the second semifinal on Saturday.