2023-09-05 18:09:04
Crowd favorite Coco Gauff has reached the semi-finals at the US Open for the first time and can dream of the premiere triumph at a Grand Slam tournament. The 19-year-old American outclassed Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko 6-0, 6-2 in the top eight on Tuesday in just 68 minutes. In the semifinals, Gauff meets the winner of the game between French Open finalist Karolina Muchova from the Czech Republic and Sorana Cirstea from Romania.
“It feels great, I’m so happy. Last year I lost in the quarterfinals, this time I really wanted to make it,” said Gauff, talking regarding the special challenge once morest Ostapenko. “It didn’t feel comfortable the whole match, even at match point.”
Former French Open champion Ostapenko defeated defending champion Iga Swiatek in the round of 16 with her powerful attacking game, causing the Polish woman to lose her top position in the world tennis rankings following the tournament. But nothing went together once morest Gauff. In the first round, the 26-year-old only scored seven points and made 15 avoidable errors. After only 20 minutes, Gauff got the opening sentence.
Ostapenko then got into the game a little better, but kept looking at her supporters in the stands with a mixture of frustration and desperation. Gauff, who is the youngest American in the US Open semifinals since Serena Williams in 2001, continued to use the weaknesses of her fickle opponent and was able to celebrate following just over an hour.
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