The 2024 French Open ladies’s semifinals are set, and all eyes are at the moment on World No. 1 Iga Swiatek as she chases her third consecutive title at Roland Garros. She is undefeated on this match since 2021, however American star Coco Gauff — the brand new World No. 2 — can be trying to change that.
“I am simply going to go in and attempt to win,” Gauff mentioned. “I’ve nothing to lose, all of the stress is on her.”
This can be a rematch from the 2022 French Open ultimate, when Swiatek earned a 6-1, 6-3 victory. They’ve confronted one another 11 occasions, and Swiatek has a 10-1 benefit of their all-time sequence — together with 4-0 on clay. Their final assembly was in Could on the Italian Open semifinal, which Swiatek gained 6-4, 6-3.
“I’ve to discover a higher solution to play her than the final occasions I’ve performed on clay, as a result of I’ve clearly been unsuccessful the final couple occasions whatever the floor,” Gauff mentioned. “She is certainly a troublesome opponent for me and anyone. I feel for me, I will simply have to return and watch and attempt to discover what I’ve to do. I feel she is enjoying nice tennis right here so it should be a problem. I am going to enter the match with a whole lot of perception that I can.”
The 22-year-old from Poland is coming into this battle with 17 consecutive wins in clay matches, together with trophies in Madrid and Rome. Even males’s World No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz just lately referred to her as “the best player in the world.”
Swiatek shook off the upset scare in opposition to Naomi Osaka within the second spherical, and noticed the shortest tour-level match of her profession when she took down Anastasia Potapova 6-0, 6-0 in simply 40 minutes throughout the fourth spherical. She later earned her ticket to the semifinal with a 6-0, 6-2 win in opposition to Marketa Vondrosova. In the meantime, Gauff made it right here after a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Ons Jabeur.
The opposite ladies’s semifinal matchup can be between unseeded Mirra Andreeva and No. 12 seed Jasmine Paolini. That is the primary time for each gamers making it this deep in a Grand Slam. Andreeva is recent of a 6-7(5-7), 6-4, 6-4 upset in opposition to Aryna Sabalenka, and at 17 years previous, she is now the youngest girl to make a significant semifinal since Martina Hingis in 1997.
Gauff has been on the highlight for some time now and simply turned 20 years previous in March, so she had some recommendation for Andreeva.
“The one recommendation I feel is keep within the second,” Gauff mentioned. “Imagine that you would be able to make it however do not take into consideration the top. Generally you hear the world ‘ultimate’ and also you simply assume you’re so shut… It is a lengthy profession that she can have. I feel she can have a profitable one and he or she is clearly an excellent participant doing so many good issues younger. Hopefully she will be able to proceed right here.”
Andreeva has been a enjoyable darkish horse to look at, however Paolini also needs to not be underestimated. The Italian star surprised World No. 4 Elena Rybakina 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 throughout the quarterfinals. At 28 years previous, Paolini is having a breakout season and can be making her debut within the WTA High 10 subsequent week.
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