CNN —Coco Gauff overcame a significant first-set deficit to reach her first semifinal at the Australian Open, defeating Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk 7-6(8-6) 6-7(3-7) 6-2 on Tuesday.
The American star has now won 12 consecutive grand slam matches following her victory at the US Open last year.
The pair traded breaks throughout a tight second set, and this time it was Kostyuk who triumphed in the eventual tie-break to force a decider.
Gauff raced into a 5-0 lead but, despite dropping a serve late on, saw out the match to advance to the third grand slam singles semifinal of her career.
Kostyuk pushed Gauff all the way in her first grand slam quarterfinal.
Persons:
Coco Gauff, Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk, Gauff, Kostyuk, “, ” Gauff, “ Marta, Aryna Sabalenka, Barbora Krejčíková, Julian Finney, –, ”
Organizations:
CNN
Locations:
Melbourne, American