Rising tennis superstar Coco Gauff continues to etch her name in the record books.
Rising tennis superstar Coco Gauff continues to etch her name in the record books. With her dominating fourth round win at the Australian Open on Jan. 21 the 19-year-old matched a feat last accomplished by Serena Williams over two decades ago.
By defeating Magdalena Fręch 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals, Gauff now has six Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances as a teenager in the 21st century, Tennis World reports.
With her latest run in Melbourne, Gauff joins Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters as the only teenagers with six Slam quarters since 2000.
Coco Gauff sailed past Fręch in straight sets by immediately seizing control of the match, Tennis World reports. She broke Fręch’s serve in the very first game and never took her foot off the gas pedal. Gauff broke again in the fifth and seventh games to easily claim the first set 6-1.
The second set followed a similar script, with Gauff earning another break in the fourth game the tennis outlet noted. The young athlete wrapped up the rout by breaking Fręch once more in the final game to complete the 6-2 second set triumph.
Gauff’s quarterfinal opponent will be Marta Kostyuk, who Gauff has beaten before, Tennis World notes. When they met in Adelaide in 2022, Gauff cruised past the Ukrainian in straight sets.
Given Gauff’s dominant form after winning Auckland and not dropping a set in Melbourne, she is on her way to being the heavy favorite to defeat Kostyuk again and advance to her first Australian Open semifinal, Tennis World reported.
Gauff, who turns 20 in March, made her first Slam quarterfinal at the 2021 French Open. Since then, she has reached at least the quarterfinals at the French Open in each of the last three years. She also made the final eight at the U.S. Open in the past two years.
