Coco Gauff hopes to play Iga Swiatek, the ruthless No. 1 player in the world who swamped Gauff in 68 minutes in the 2022 French Open final, who has lost nine games in four rounds in this French Open, and against whom Gauff stands 0-6 in matches.
“I just feel pretty solid here,” Swiatek said, and uh oh.
While she has won three Grand Slam tournaments and reached at least the semifinals at three of the four sites, it’s the French where her reign has seen its highest reigning.by winning all 14 sets and losing all of 28 games. She won it again in 2022 by winning 14 of 15 sets and losing only 12 games in the so-called hard neighborhood of the last three rounds.
Asked if there came a moment in her career when a Grand Slam quarterfinal began to seem expected, she lampooned herself: “If I would have a quarterfinal at Wimbledon, I would be, like, over the moon and I wouldn’t believe that I’m in that place.” She has graced only one fourth round there, while Gauff has found her way toward the same routine, with this her sixth Grand Slam quarterfinal.
“Yeah,” she concluded, “It would be almost cowardly to say that I want to not face the noise and not face the challenge, but I’m up for it. I have improved a lot since last year, and she has, too. It would be a great battle for us and for the fans, too.”So bring it on and right on to any necessary weeping, the way Gauff’s weep last year told of her seriousness, how she could weep over losing to a player on a 35-match winning streak that culled six tournament trophies.
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