Coco Gauff has arrange a semi-final assembly with the world’s No.1 participant Iga Swiatek after beating her US compatriot Madison Keys 6-2 7-5 within the Dubai Tennis Championships.
The American teenager’s victory on Thursday has arrange her third semi-final at WTA 1000 stage or above.
A shaky begin from Keys enabled Gauff to dominate the primary set however the world No.23 challenged strongly within the second and was main at 5-4.
But one poor sport meant the 18-year-old was in a position to draw back as Keys completed with 51 unforced errors.
Gauff will now face Swiatek within the closing 4, after the Pole was handed a walkover when her projected opponent Karolina Pliskova needed to pull out as a result of sickness.
This would be the sixth time the pair have met, together with in final 12 months’s Roland Garros closing, and Gauff is but to win a set of their final 5 encounters.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
