Coco Gauff handed Madison Keys her first Grand Slam lack of the 2025 season and progressed into the French Open semifinal.
Bidding to make back-to-back semifinal, the No. 2 seed struggled early on however mounted a giant comeback to beat the reigning Australian Open champion 6-7 (6) 6-4 6-1.
Now, the 2023 US Open champion will battle in opposition to the winner of the match between Mirra Andreeva and Lois Boisson for a spot within the ultimate at Roland Garros.
If Gauff wins, she’s going to make her second ultimate at Roland Garros. Three years in the past, she was overwhelmed by Iga Swiatek within the ultimate of the Parisian Grand Slam.
How Gauff beat Keys?
Keys was decided to make an early assertion and she or he went up by a double break and led 4-1.
Simply when it appeared that the extra skilled American would simply win the primary set, the 21-year-old gained the following 4 video games to go 5-4 up and even had an opportunity to take the opener within the tenth sport.
However Keys saved the set level earlier than successful a really tight opener through a first-set tie-break.
After shedding the primary set in a heartbreaking means, Gauff claimed two breaks to go 4-1 up within the second set.
Keys managed to get each breaks again however the No. 2 seed didn’t panic a bit and earned one other break within the ninth sport earlier than serving out for the set within the following sport.
After successful the final two video games of the second set, Gauff additionally gained the primary two video games of the decider. Keys managed to get on the board within the third sport however that was all from the Australian Open champion because the 21-year-old gained the following 4 video games to finish her comeback win.
Earlier than coming to the French Open, the No. 2 seed made back-to-back WTA 1000 finals in Madrid and Rome however didn’t win titles. Now, she is within the midst of one other large run and two wins away from probably successful her second Grand Slam title.
