{"id":289651,"date":"2023-09-05T18:35:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=289651"},"modified":"2023-09-05T18:35:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:35:56","slug":"us-open-gauff-into-first-semi-final-after-win-over-ostapenko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/tennis\/us-open-gauff-into-first-semi-final-after-win-over-ostapenko\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open: Gauff into first semi-final after win over Ostapenko"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>US Open: Coco Gauff into first semi-final after straight-sets win over Jelena Ostapenko at Flushing Meadows<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Coco Gauff dropped just two games en route to victory over Jelena Ostapenko<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span>She\u00a0will face the winner of Sorana Cirstea or Karolina Muchova in the semifinals<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Coco Gauff is into her first US Open semifinal after a straight-sets win over Jelena Ostapenko.<\/p>\n<p>The American teenager, the No 6 seed, took the first set 6-0 in only 20 minutes before wrapping up the match by taking the second set 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff, who reached the last eight last year, is the first American teenager to reach the US Open semifinals since Serena Williams in 2001. She will face the winner of\u00a0Sorana\u00a0Cirstea or Karolina Muchova for a place in Saturday&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It feels great, I&#8217;m so happy. Last year I lost in the quarterfinals and I wanted to do better this year. There&#8217;s still a long way to go but I&#8217;m happy and ready to go back to work for the next one,&#8217; Gauff said.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff has now won 16 of 17 matches since crashing out of Wimbledon in the first round. Ostapenko, meanwhile, came into this quarterfinal on the back of victory over world No 1 Iga Swiatek.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Honestly I didn&#8217;t feel comfortable at all the whole match, even on match point,&#8217; the 19-year-old added. &#8216;She has the ability to come back&#8230; it&#8217;s really tough to play against her, you can&#8217;t really be aggressive&#8230; she&#8217;s a tough player and had a great tournament.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/18\/75087685-12483681-image-a-27_1693935080714.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Coco Gauff needed only one hour and eight minutes to beat Jelena Ostapenko on Tuesday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/18\/75087679-12483681-image-a-28_1693935086497.jpg\" height=\"401\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The teenager won 6-0 6-2 on Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach her first US Open semifinal<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/18\/75087711-12483681-image-a-31_1693935120279.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ostapenko grew increasingly frustrated as Gauff ran away with their quarterfinal in New York<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/18\/75087677-12483681-image-a-29_1693935090511.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gauff will face the winner of Sorana Cirstea or Karolina Muchova for a place in Saturday&#8217;s final\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/18\/75087681-12483681-image-a-30_1693935092110.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still a long way to go but I&#8217;m happy and ready to go back to work,&#8217; the American said<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12483681\/US-Open-Coco-Gauff-semi-final-straight-sets-win-Jelena-Ostapenko-Flushing-Meadows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Open: Coco Gauff into first semi-final after straight-sets win over Jelena Ostapenko at Flushing Meadows Coco Gauff dropped just two games en route to victory over Jelena Ostapenko She\u00a0will face the winner of Sorana Cirstea or Karolina Muchova in the semifinals&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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