Coco Gauff reached the semifinals of the WTA tournament in Cincinnati on Friday night, defeating Jasmine Paolini in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.

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Coco Gauf defeated Jasmine Paolini in the WTA quarterfinals in Cincinnati

Coco Gauff is the third semifinalist of the WTA tournament in Cincinnati.

The athlete, who occupies the 7th place in the WTA hierarchy, beat Jasmine Paolini (43 WTA) in two sets.

The Roland Garros 2022 finalist outplayed her opponent and lost just 5 games, taking one hour and 13 minutes to complete the competition.

In the semi-finals, Koko Gauf will meet with the leader of the world tournament, Iga Svyatek.

On the other side of the table, Karolina Mukhova (17 WTA) will play the winner of Ons Jabeur (5 WTA) and Aryna Sabalenko (2 WTA).

The Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati) is a WTA 1000 event. The tournament is played on hard from August 14 to 20, 2023, has a total prize pool of $2,788,468, and has a starting main draw of 64 players. Titled champion – Caroline Garcia.