The “dream” prime half semifinal has been set on the French Open. Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff will meet for a twelfth time and for a 3rd straight yr at Roland Garros.
Gauff booked her 4th Grand Slam semifinal and third straight in Paris coming from a set right down to defeat Ons Jabeur 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Gauff was a tidy 4-for-5 on break probabilities whereas Jabeur 2-for-8. The 20-year-old American completed 21 winners to twenty-eight unforced whereas Jabeur had 30 winners to 38 unforced. Jabeur, who was on the lookout for her first French semifinal, received simply 45% of her second serves.
“I used to be undoubtedly attempting to be extra aggressive,” Gauff mentioned. “She was enjoying rather well the entire match and she or he was hitting lots of winners on me, which is one thing I’m not used to in opposition to anyone, so at present I used to be simply attempting to be aggressive in direction of the top. I obtained a bit bit tight on the final couple of match factors however I believe I did what I wanted to do to win the match.”
In the meantime, Swiatek continued her ruthless run crushing former finalist Market Vondrousova 6-0, 6-2 in simply 62 minutes.
“At present it was fairly easy,” Swaitek mentioned after. “I’m glad that I saved my focus as a result of typically I felt like the sport was actually intense and typically the depth went down a bit bit, so I needed to essentially play my recreation it doesn’t matter what was getting back from Marketa. I felt like I used to be in a zone at present.”
Swiatek got here in off a double bagel win in her final match added a 3rd straight to open the match in opposition to the Wimbledon champion and by no means regarded again.
“Actually, I believe all the pieces labored. I really feel like I’ve been serving higher than in earlier rounds, so it gave me an additional enhance in confidence,” Swiatek mentioned. “Total, I felt like I’m enjoying fairly heavy. I may simply play my recreation and go together with my ways and not likely overthink something.”
The world No. 1 has now received her final 19 matches on the French Open and 17 straight general. She’s 6-0 as soon as she reaches the French Open semifinals.
Total, Swiatek leads Gauff 10-1 with wins the final two years on the French Open together with the 2022 closing. Gauff earned her lone win throughout her torrid streak final summer time in Cincinnati.
“The identical as earlier than another match. You don’t need to change your routines,” Swiatek mentioned of dealing with Gauff. “It’s good to only hold going and never take into consideration this match as one thing enormous, however simply one other match to not put an excessive amount of baggage in your shoulders.
“Towards Coco, it’s not straightforward. She actually likes enjoying on clay, particularly right here. I’ll simply concentrate on myself.”
The ladies’s semifinals shall be performed on Thursday at 3pm native time.
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