The American Coco Gauff (4) He overcame intense heat and nerves that weakened his forehand and service and She beat the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk 7-6 (6), 6-7 (3) and 6-2 in three hours and eight minutes, a victory that gave her a place in the semifinals of the Australian Open.
Gauff, who has ten victories and no defeat in 2024 after his victory in Auckland (New Zealand), He finished the match with 17 winners, compared to 39 for his rival.
The player from Florida still has options to become the first to win consecutively a United States Open and an Australian Open since the Japanese Naomi Osaka did so in 2021-2022.
Kostyuk, who was playing in a grand slam quarter-final for the first time, blew a 5-1 lead in the first setin which he also wasted two set points.
It is the twelfth straight victory in a major tournament for Gauff, which established the 2-0 in the face to face that he maintains with Kostyuk.
The North American will have to improve her tennis if she wants to have a chance in the semi-finals in which she will face the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (2) or the Czech Barbora Krejcikova (9) this Thursday.