Gauff overcomes Keys in 3 to succeed in French semis

Coco Gauff overcame 10 double faults and the primary set she has dropped on the French Open to overcome Madison Keys 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday and achieve the semifinals for the 3rd time.

It used to be a competition stuffed with quite a lot of errors by way of each Americans, who each and every has claimed one primary championship. They blended for 101 unforced mistakes and simply 40 winners throughout greater than two hours below a closed roof at Court Philippe-Chatrier on a drizzly, cold day.

“I was just trying to fight for every point,” Gauff mentioned.

Gauff is now 4-0 in her French Open occupation when shedding the primary set and successful the second one set. That ties her with Elina Svitolina for essentially the most such wins with out a loss since 2019, consistent with ESPN Research.

The No. 2-seeded Gauff, who received the 2023 US Open and used to be the runner-up on the 2022 French Open, will face the winner between No. 6 Mirra Andreeva and French wild card Lois Boisson within the semifinals.

The Associated Press contributed to this document.