Down goes Gauff.
Paula Badosa took down Coco Gauff 7-5, 6-4 within the quarterfinals of the Australian Open to advance to her first profession Grand Slam semifinal.
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It was a shocking upset.
Gauff got here within the third ranked ladies’s skilled tennis participant on this planet.
Badosa was twelfth.
Gauff was undefeated on the yr with a 9-0 document and on a 13-match successful streak, going all the best way again to successful the title on the WTA Finals in November.
Badosa was 0-2 in main quarterfinals earlier than this.
Gauff was on an absolute heater, having solely dropped one set via 4 matches on the Australian Open.
That’s till she bumped into Badosa.
The Spaniard was assured in her capacity going into the match.
“She’s filled with confidence. However I’m enjoying effectively, too,” Badosa mentioned forward of the competition.
“I’m able to face her.”
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Was she ever.
After her victory, Badosa took time to mirror on her journey, together with battling again after a significant again damage.
“I’m a bit emotional,” Badosa mentioned.
“I needed to play my greatest tennis. I believe I did. … I’m tremendous pleased with the extent I gave immediately.”
“I’d by no means assume that, a yr after, I’d be right here.
“I’ve been via loads.
“Up to now, I used to be probably the greatest gamers on this planet.”
Badosa regarded each bit the half as probably the greatest on this planet.
In the meantime, Gauff struggled mightily as she completed with 41 unforced errors, a complete that included six double-faults.
It merely wasn’t her day.
Regardless of the upset, she met Badosa at middle court docket and displayed nice sportsmanship regardless of her disappointing end.
Badosa will wait to see who she faces within the semifinals, both No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, the two-time defending champion or No. 27 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.