PremiumFrench Open 2024: Coco Gauff seals semis spot; overcomes three-set Ons'laught'
Last Updated: 05.17 PM, Jun 04, 2024
The prediction was that Coco Gauff would advance to the semi-final of the 2024 French Open with a three-set victory over Ons Jabeur. Well, Coco lived up to that, dropping the first set, but then upping her game and taking the next two to set up a semi-final clash with the winner of the Iga Swiatek vs Marketa Vondrousova clash. The final score, 4-6 6-2 6-3. The victory takes Gauff’s head-to-head record against Jabeur to 5: 2.
Jabeur was in sublime form, during the match, which prompted Gauff to comment, “She’s a tough opponent and well-loved in Roland Garros. She was playing very well the whole time and hitting a lot of winners, which is something I am not used to against anybody. So, I was just trying to be aggressive towards the end. It got a little tight in the last couple of match points, but then I did what I needed to do to win the match.”
Gauff was struggling with her forehand and serve, and not playing her best tennis, whereas Jabeur was getting a lot of things right, including several cross-court drop shots. Jabeur had Gauff scampering all across court, but the latter managed to turn things around in the second set, buoyed by the support she got from the crowd in Roland Garros.
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Gauff, interestingly, is also playing in the Women’s Doubles segment, where she will partner up with Katerina Siniakova for their third round match against Wang Xinyu and Ena Shibahara, which will take place at the Court Suzanne Lenglen at 6 pm (IST).
The second quarter-final in the women’s singles segment on June 4 is between World No.1 Iga Swiatek and the 2023 Wimbledon champ, Marketa Vondrousova. Swiatek has won all her matches against Vondrousova so far and the prediction is that she will prevail yet again on the clay court of Roland Garros.