Coco Gauff will seek to be crowned in Cincinnati. The world number seven defeated Iga Swiatek to advance to the final instance of the American WTA 1000. Her rival will come out of the winner between Karolina Muchova and Aryna Sabalenka.
Semifinal Saturday. The Western & Southern Open opened the day with a great women’s game. Two top ten players face off and will fight to get a pass to the final instance of the American tournament. Iga Swiatek (1st WTA) will collide once again with the American Coco Gauff (7th WTA). Even though these players are young, they have faced each other several times already. The record was 7-0 in favor of the Pole, Gauff had never been able to win a set from the current world number one.
High voltage match. Although the number one in the world arrives with an intermittent rhythm, it is her clear favorite, on her side, the American is going through one of her best tennis moments. She came to Cincinnati after consecrating herself in Washington and making the quarterfinals in Montreal, the local usually raises her level when she plays in front of her fans, however, her style of play seems to be very comfortable for the Polish.
Gauff managed to prevail for the first time
Until 2-2, both players managed to command with their service, showed solid approaches from their serve and managed to forcefully sustain their games. From there the tendencies of the match began to change, both the Polish and the American managed to be more convincing from the return and manage to do more damage from there. With a string of breaks the score was finally level at 5-5, the end of the set was closer than ever.
After facing break point from her serve, the Pole managed to save it and assume a much more solid position being 6-5. However, Gauff would manage to survive a tough service game to tie at 6-6 on score. The first sleeve was defined in a tie-break. The tiebreaker was riddled with errors by the number one in the world, Gauff with a more solid approach was able to win the first set 7-6(2) and take a set from Swiatek for the first time.
Number one imposes its hierarchy
The second set began with a quick break from the world number one. Iga Swiatek entered very forcefully in the second set, the Pole knew that she had to put what had happened behind her. For her part, the American was more erratic, especially with her right. That early break placed the number one in the world 4-2 above, she was looser and her shots did more damage. Coco had lost prominence in the initiative. The lead stretched to 5-3, after an incredible return game, Swiatek broke again to get the second set 6-3.
Gauff logra romper su racha ante Swiatek
By the third set the trends had completely changed, everything was very different from what happened in the first set. The nineteen-year-old American had fallen into the mood, she looked at her with a certain resignation. Despite everything, Coco remained on the scoreboard and from the numerical point of view the game was even until 3-3. The set entered the final part and the tension could be seen in both players. In the seventh game, Gauff would break his rival’s serve to get a 4-3 advantage and serve in the defining set.
Coco Gauff served to be able to confirm the break, from being 40-0 he went on to face the possibility of a break. The support of the public and her temperament helped her resist and finally keep the serve, which would place her 5-3. After maintaining his service, Swiatek discounted the score and got 4-5 with the hope of turning the result around. However, Coco Gauff, playing a more than dramatic serving game, managed to take the third set 6-4, in addition to beating Swiatek for the first time and getting a ticket to the Cincinnati final.
2023-08-19 18:07:38
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