American third seed Coco Gauff reached the French Open semi-finals after recovering to beat Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in an absorbing contest.
Gauff, 20, confirmed her maturity and mentality to win 4-6 6-2 6-3 at Roland Garros on Tuesday.
After an outstanding opening set from eighth seed Jabeur, Gauff continued to consider in her recreation and took benefit of her opponent’s degree dipping.
Gauff was unable to transform a match level on Jabeur’s serve at 5-2 within the decider, and survived a break level at 5-3, earlier than getting over the road when her opponent dumped an overhead lengthy.
A passionate roar because the US Open champion celebrated in the course of the court docket indicated the magnitude of the check she had come by means of.
“She’s a troublesome opponent,” mentioned Gauff, who noticed Jabeur save a second match level earlier than lacking on the third.
“I used to be attempting to be extra aggressive, she was enjoying rather well and hitting quite a lot of winners – which I’m not used to.
“I attempted to be aggressive and I bought slightly bit tight however I did what I wanted to do.”
Gauff, who was the runner-up in 2022, is aiming for her second main title after claiming the title in New York final 12 months.
She’s going to play Polish high seed Iga Swiatek, who beat her within the closing two years in the past, or Czech fifth seed Marketa Vondrousova within the final 4.
Extra to observe.