Coco Gauff

The 18-year-old Gauff defeated 2018 French Open finalist Sloane Stephens, 7-5, 6-2, to set up a semifinal meeting with unseeded Italian Martina Trevisan, who ...

Gauff dropped serve in the opening game of the second set but went on a five-game tear after that to serve for the match at 5-1. However, when Gauff served for the set at 5-3, Stephens refused to miss and grabbed control, pulling back on serve. However, Gauff has started her own record of excellence at the majors. Two double faults in that game contributed to a service break, but Gauff claimed the win in the following game with a routine break. “Last year in the quarterfinals was a tough loss for me,” Gauff said. ... Your results or your job or how much money you make doesn't define you as a person.”

Gauff, 18, ousted fellow American Sloane Stephens and still hasn't dropped a set in Paris.

Fernandez, 19, appeared to injure her right ankle during the first set against Trevisan and summoned the trainer, but she played on. “I did feel [the foot issue] before the match, but I didn’t think much of it,” she said. “Obviously you can see someone and look at them and watch them and tell they have whatever it takes to be a top player.” “No matter how good or bad my career is, I think I’m a great person, and that’s a message to all young players,” she said. Rather than let it unsettle her, she got more aggressive and creative with her ground game, varying her tactics and pace to disrupt Stephens until she reclaimed the momentum. They had met on court just once before, with Stephens scoring a straight-sets victory at the U.S. Open last year.

Gauff beat fellow American Sloane Stephens 7-5 6-2 at Roland Garros.

So my past is the past, and it helped me to be in the present, to be what I am right now.” She said: “I’m happy on the court. “I feel so happy right now that words can’t explain,” Gauff added.

A year on from a disappointing quarter-final loss at Roland Garros, teenage tennis star Coco Gauff breaks through to reach her first major semi-final in ...

Fernandez was treated by a trainer for a problem with her right foot after the match's fifth game and her movement was hampered throughout. I threw some water on my face," she said. She double-faulted twice in the ensuing tiebreaker. "I was very tired and I had to go to the bathroom. Coco Gauff left Roland Garros 12 months ago, crestfallen, knowing she let a big lead slip away in her major quarter-final debut. … Just know: If you love yourself, who cares what anyone else thinks?"

Gauff beat Sloane Stephens to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament for the first time in her career.

Stephens, 29, is now based in the Boston area, but she was long based in South Florida, like Gauff and her family, and knew them well enough to attend Gauff’s 10th birthday party. She can extend points like few players in the game with her quickness and defensive skills, and can also finish them with her terrific two-handed backhand and increasingly with her forehand, long her weaker wing. Unlike some teen prodigies, Gauff did not soar to the top of women’s tennis in a hurry. She won the French Open girls’ title at age 14, a year before her breakthrough run in 2019 as a qualifier at Wimbledon, where she defeated one of her role models, Venus Williams, in her first main-draw match at the All England Club. At 13, she was the youngest U.S. Open girls’ singles finalist in history. A year ago, Gauff faced Barbora Krejcikova, a then-unseeded doubles specialist, in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros and lost, 7-6 (6), 6-3.

The 18-year-old Gauff defeated Stephens 7-5, 6-2 to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal. Gauff last faced Stephens at last year's US Open, where she lost in ...

So I think that’s a message for all the young players out here: Even in life in general, your results or your job or how much money you make doesn’t define you as a person. Stephens, 29, won the 2017 US Open and was a finalist for the 2018 French Open. Gauff last faced Stephens at last year’s US Open, where she lost in straight sets.

The pair will shoot for a maiden Grand Slam final after stellar performances in Paris.

I feel like now mentally I'm in a great place.” “It's important that you have high hopes for yourself, but at the same time, it's important to be in reality and I think that's where I am. I'm in reality where I'm enjoying the moment and enjoying the situation.

Gauff will face Italian Martina Trevisan for a place in Saturday's final.

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She's still only 18, but French Open semifinalist Coco Gauff has learned a lot during her time on tour. And it's showing up in her results.

"I think that was the biggest lesson I learned last year in my quarterfinal match," Gauff said after her fourth-round win. She's also in the quarterfinals of doubles with Jessica Pegula. "And I did. The Krejickova match quickly entered her mind -- but in a good way. I think it's just important to show with that." But Gauff couldn't settle her nerves, succumbing to Krejcikova in straight sets.

Jessica Pegula shrugged off a Roland-Garros singles exit to battle into the women's doubles semi-finals alongside teen sensation Coco Gauff.

“Super happy for Taylor Townsend. She had a baby, just came back, literally a few tournaments ago. But, yes, we're definitely hoping she gets to that final and then hopefully in doubles too.” It's just ridiculous,” quipped Pegula. "I feel like she's been 18 for like five years.