Coco Gauff (No. 3 in the WTA ranking) showed why she is up for great things. After a difficult start, she managed to recover and won a brutal battle against Ons Jabeur (9th) by 4-6, 6-2 and 6-3 to access the semifinals of Roland Garros.
The American tennis player, who is also beginning to think about the Olympic Games, was gradually crushing a always complicated Tunisian, who was very good with her forehand shots, especially in the first set, but who gradually gave in to the pressure of Gauff.
With this triumph, the Florida-born woman became, with her 20 years in the first youngest tennis player to reach three or more semifinals in a row in Grand Slam singles since Maria Sharapova achieved it: the Russian achieved a mark of four, between Wimbledon 2006 and Roland Garros 2007.
That young woman who broke into the WTA ranking in 2019 today continues to consolidate herself on the circuit. This year he already won in Auckland and is going for his second Grand Slam title, the first in Paris. It is worth remembering that was a finalist in 2022but lost with Iga Swiatekthe two-time champion and current defender.
And precisely, in the semifinals she could face the Pole again, if the No. 1 wins her quarterfinal duel against Marketa Vondrousova.
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