Iga Sviatek took another step towards winning the third title at Roland Garros: the leader of the world ranking clearly defeated Coco Gauff (6th favorite) and reached the semi-finals.

Iga SvyatekPhoto: Jean-Francois Badias/AP/Profimedia

Iga Svyatek defeated Coco Gauf at Roland Garros 2023

The great hope of American tennis and the athlete from Poland, who missed only nine games in the first four matches in Paris, passed without emotion.

After an hour and 28 minutes of play, Svyatek won in two sets with a score of 6-4, 6-2.

Iga served 19 winning shots (13 for Koko) and made 15 unforced errors (23 for the American).

The 2020 and 2022 Paris Grand Slam champion Iga Sviatek will defeat Brazilian Beatrice Haddad Maia (14th seed) in the semifinals.

Iga Svyatek – Coco Gauf, 7-0 in head-to-head matches

2023, Roland Garros: 6-4, 6-2 for Svientek

2023, Dubai: 6-4, 6-2 for Svyanek

2022, Tournament of Champions: 6-3, 6-0 at Svientek

2022, San Diego: 6-0, 6-3 for Svyanek

2022, Roland Garros: 6-1, 6-3 for Svientek

2022, Miami: 6-3, 6-1 for Svyanek

2021, Rome: 7-6(3), 6-3 for Svyanek.

Iga Svyatek, unstoppable at Roland Garros 2023

Round 1: 6-4, 6-0 against Kristina Bushka (70 WTA).

Round 2: 6-4, 6-0 vs Claire Liu (102 WTA)

Round 3: 6-0, 6-0 vs Xinyu Wang (80 WTA)

Best: 5-1 (elimination) against Lesia Tsurenko (66 WTA)

Quarters: 6-4, 6-2 against Coco Gauff (6 WTA).

Roland Garros 2023, semi-finals

Iga Svyatek (1) – Beatrice Haddad Maya (14)

Karolina Mukhova – Aryna Sabalenko (2).

The Roland Garros tournament takes place from May 28 to June 11, has a total prize pool of 49.6 million euros, and is the 127th tournament. Iga Sviatek and Rafael Nadal (14-time winner in Paris) became the champions of the title.