​Coco Gauff made it to the semi-finals of the Australian Open 2024, the athlete from the USA played a difficult match (three hours and seven minutes) with Marta Kostiuk, taking the 37th place in the world.

Coco Gauff in the semifinals at the Australian Open 2024 after defeating Marta Kostiuk

Reigning US Open champion Gauff won in three sets 7-6(6), (3)6-7, 6-2.

In the first leg, Coco came back from 5-1 down to save two set points (one at 5-2 and one at 6-5 in the tiebreak). The American was incredibly persistent at a very important moment and won three points in a row.

In the second set, the situation was similar, but it was Marta who came back from a 3-5 deficit and won the tie-break with a score of 7-3.

Gauff (4 WTA) raced to a 5-0 lead in the deciding set, held serve once but was unstoppable and qualified for the semi-finals in Melbourne.

Both players had big problems on serve, and there were a total of 17 double faults (8 Kostiuk, 9 Gauff). Marta was the more attacking player and hit 39 game-winning shots (only 17 for Koko).

Know:

• Coco Gauff will meet the winner of the match between Barbora Krejcikova (9 WTA) and Aryna Sabalenko (2 WTA, winner of the trophy) to reach the grand final.

• Reaching the semifinals is Coco Gauff’s best result at the Australian Open (she reached the 1/8 finals twice – 2020, 2023).

• Thanks to the race in Melbourne, Marta Kostyuk climbed nine positions in the WTA Live ranking (her 28 is the best ranking in her career).

Australian Open 2024 will be held from January 14 to 28. The reigning singles champions are Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenko.