French Open LIVE Updates – Coco Gauff in Finals: Teenage superstar Coco Gauff has entered her maiden Grand Slam final. Gauff defeated Martina Trevisan in straight sets in the Roland Garros semifinals on Thursday. Gauff will now face World No.1 Iga Swiatek in the final. Follow French Open 2022 LIVE updates & Gauff vs Swiatek LIVE Updates with Insidesport.IN
French Open Semifinals LIVE: Coco Gauff enters her maiden Grand Slam final, defeats Martina Trevisan in straight sets in semifinal
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Gauff, who turned 18 in March, is the youngest player to reach the final in Paris since Kim Clijsters in 2001. She’s also the youngest finalist at any Grand Slam since a 17-year-old Maria Sharapova stormed to the Wimbledon title in 2004.
Gauff lost to Trevisan in their only previous meeting: a three-set epic in the second round of Roland Garros in 2020, when the Italian first went on to make the quarterfinals. There would be no repeat in the biggest career match for both players.
After a tight opening six games in which the players traded service breaks twice, Gauff won nine of the last 10 games to take a 6-3, 6-1 victory and snap Trevisan’s 10-match winning streak. She won three straight games to wrap up the opener, in which she won 12 of the last 14 points.
A marathon, 15-minute fourth game in the second set also helped get Gauff over the line; she denied Trevisan four chances to level at 2-2 in a seven-deuce service game before breaking her. She later served out victory to love.
French Open Semifinals LIVE: Coco Gauff enters her maiden Grand Slam final, defeats Martina Trevisan in straight sets in semifinal
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