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Coco Gauff responds to Elina Svitolina's opening ace with her first winner of the match.
The third seed appears to be finding some rhythm here, but Svitolina recovers to 30-30 with a big first serve.
Coco Gauff can't beat Elina Svitolina at the net, despite her best efforts on the run, and must now face another three break points.
Svitolina routs Gauff in 59 minutes; into first Australian Open semifinal
Elina Svitolina dropped just three games against Coco Gauff in a 59-minute blitz to reach her fourth career Grand Slam semifinal, and first at the Australian Open.
The No. 12 seed needed just 59 minutes to extend her winning streak to 10 straight matches with a 6-1, 6-2 defeat of No. 3 seed Coco Gauff in the Australian Open quarterfinals. She advances to her fourth career Grand Slam semifinal, and first at the Australian Open.
Last September, Svitolina ended her 2025 season early, citing a need "to heal and recharge." The 31-year-old has raced out of the blocks on her return. She collected her 19th career title in Auckland at the start of the year, and is now on the third-longest tour-level winning streak of her career. (In 2017, she won 15 matches in a row, and in 2025 she won 11 straight.)
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Gauff hit three winners and 26 unforced errors in the match. Her serve – which she remodelled last season after splitting with her coach and hiring a biomechanics specialist – unravelled. She couldn’t even get her feet – which are usually some of the quickest in tennis – moving. Hearing her coach telling her during the match to just try to find the middle of the court summed up her showing. She absolutely fell to pieces.
“Not bad,†says a smiling Svitolina of her performance. “It’s always been my dream to come back here after my maternity leave and get back into the top 10.†I’m a bit distracted, though, by backstage footage of Gauff absolutely smashing her racket to pieces. Perhaps she should have done that on court; maybe it would have kickstarted her into action. It was an awful performance from her and Svitolina took full advantage.
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