After a big fight: Gauff awaits Sabalenka in the semi-finals

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The 19-year-old American defeated the unseeded Ukrainian Marta Kostjuk (WTA 37) 7:6 (8:6), 6:7 (3:7), 6:2 after a fight of more than three hours.

The 2023 US Open winner and this year’s undefeated world number 4 will next face defending champion Aryna Sabalenka or Czech Barbora Krejcikova.

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Gauff doesn’t have her best day against Kostjuk, but she remains calm. She won the first set after being 1:5 behind and defending two set points, and in the second she conceded a 5:3. Only the decisive passage is clear.

«I am very proud that I left everything on the field today. It is always difficult against Marta,” says Gauff after the intense match at once again very high temperatures in Melbourne. (SDA)

Source : Blick

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