Home favourite Coco Gauff continued her summer breakthrough with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Jelena Ostapenko to reach a first US Open semi-final
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Ostapenko set the tone from the beginning as she opened up the match with a stream of pitiful unforced errors, spraying mistakes off both wings early in the points and unloading her frustrations at her box. As the match endured, and as she continued to attack every ball, Ostapenko’s unforced errors piled up.
She was not helped by the presence of one of the fastest players on the tour across the net. The American scrapped from side to side, not only retrieving balls that would have been winners against any other player but defending with great depth as her forehand held out. While Gauff remained consistent, Ostapenko hit herself off the court in 68 minutes, ending with more unforced errors than total points won .
Afterwards, Ostapenko argued that she had struggled to recover from her match against Swiatek and that she had initially been told that she and Gauff would be playing at night. “I think it was better for her the schedule, because obviously she played much earlier the day I played night session,” she said.
“I thought to play and win you have to be ultra serious and ultra focused, which that is true, but also you still have to enjoy it,” she said. “I think that’s what’s been the change is that I’m having more fun.”
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