Auckland: Goff goes to the semi-finals
Seeded No. 1 in Auckland, Coco Gauff didn’t hesitate to make it to the Final Four, at the expense of China’s Lin Zhu.
Coco Gauff makes her way to Auckland! The world number seven and No. 1 seed in New Zealand will play the semi-finals on Saturday after defeating Lin Zhou in the quarter-finals. Against the Chinese, 84th in the world, for the first time in her career, she won 6-3, 6-2 in 1h16, in a match that was held on the roof of the stadium due to rain, which disrupted the tournament since the beginning of the week. The American in particular showed that he is almost perfect in serving, with 8 aces on the clock, 60% of the first serve and no defense break point. She won the first set by breaking it 4-3, then the second by breaking it 1-1, 4-2. In the next round, the finalist at the final Roland Garros for the first time will face the tournament’s No. 7 seed, Danka Kovinic, who won 6-3, 6-2 over Viktoria Kuzmova. She also shone on serve, with 8 aces and no break point on defense.
Fernandez takes the door
At the bottom of the table, the semi-finalists will face two unseeded players, Isalene Bonaventure and Rebecca Massarova. Belgian scalps No. 3 seed and former US Open finalist Leila Fernandez: 6-4, 6-2 in 1h09. The Spaniard dominated the Czech Karolina Musová in two breaks and 2h13 of play: 7-4, then 7-2.
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