French Open: Coco Gauff beats Madison Keys in 3 sets to reach the semifinals
Coco Gauff of the U.S. celebrates (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
PARIS - Coco Gauff overcame 10 double-faults and the first set she's dropped in the tournament to beat Madison Keys 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-1 at the
French Open
on Wednesday, reaching the semifinals for the third time.
It was a contest filled with plenty of mistakes by both Americans, who each has claimed one major championship. They combined for 101 unforced errors and just 40 winners across more than two hours under a closed roof at Court Philippe-Chatrier on a drizzly, chilly day.
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The No. 2-seeded Gauff won the 2023 U.S. Open and was the runner-up at the 2022 French Open. She'll play Thursday for a berth in another Grand Slam final, facing either No.
6 Mirra Andreeva or 361st-ranked French wild-card entry Lois Boisson.
"I have a lot more work left to do," said Gauff, who raised her arms overhead then spread them wide apart after the last point against Keys, "but I'm going to savor this one today."
She started particularly poorly against Keys, trailing 4-1 and being a point from a 5-1 deficit. Gauff bowed her head or sighed after some miscues. Then, suddenly, she got going, using her speed and instincts to stretch points until Keys - the Australian Open champion in January - missed.
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That helped Gauff get within a point of taking that set. But the 21-year-old based in Florida double-faulted three times in the tiebreaker, and soon was headed to the locker room to regroup.
That set was sloppy. Gauff had seven winners to 21 unforced errors. Keys has 12 winners to 28 unforced errors, 19 of which arrived from her powerful forehand.
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"I knew that I just had to be able to run today and as soon as the ball came short," Gauff said, "just punish her for it."
Repeatedly, Gauff scrambled this way or that to get her racket on a shot from Keys that against plenty of other players would end the point. And often enough, it worked well, leading to a miss by Keys, who occasionally admonished herself with a slap on her right leg.
"With her ability to cover the court," Keys said, "you're going to have to win the point multiple times before it's actually over."
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