Second seed Coco Gauff squandered a set point in a tightly contested first set but rebounded strongly to defeat seventh seed Madison Keys 6-7(6) 6-4 6-1 and book her spot in the Roland Garros semifinals.
The match opened with a chaotic string of three consecutive breaks before Keys finally held serve to take a 3-1 lead. In the following game, Gauff double faulted twice and netted a routine shot, allowing Keys to break again and extend her advantage to 4-1.
Despite trailing 1-4 and facing a 40-15 deficit on Keys’ serve, Gauff staged a spirited comeback. She broke back with a powerful overhead smash after a grueling rally, cutting the lead to 4-2. Gauff then held serve for the first time in the set and continued her resurgence by breaking Keys again—this time capitalizing on a double fault on break point—to draw level at 4-4.
With momentum firmly shifting, Gauff won four straight games and earned a set point at 5-4. Keys, however, held her ground and saved the set point with a clean winner before leveling at 5-5. Gauff responded with a dominant love hold to go up 6-5, but Keys forced a tiebreak after another solid service game.
The tiebreak was tightly contested. At 6-5, Keys earned a set point, which Gauff barely saved as the ball clipped the net cord and trickled over. But…
