Coco Gauff will face world number one Iga Swiatek for the French Open title after the player reached her first Grand Slam final with a straight-set win over Martina Trevisan on Thursday. The 18-year-old American won 6-3, 6-1 in an intense match that saw both players feature in a major semi-final for the first time. Gauff is the youngest player to reach a Grand Slam final since Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon in 2004. “I think I’m a bit shocked right now,” Gauff said. I don’t know how to react after the game. I am speechless. “
The players made 37 unforced fouls between them in a bad first set before Gauff upped her game in the second inning.
The 18th seed will be a heavyweight contender against Swiatek, who is on a 34-match winning streak, in Saturday’s decisive game.
But she will have nothing to lose as she bids to become the youngest Slam winner since Sharapova stunned Serena Williams in London 18 years ago.
“I’ll go into the match like another,” Gauff added.
“Yes, it’s a Grand Slam final but there’s so much going on in the world right now, especially in the US, so I don’t think it’s worth stressing about it.”
The discreet Italian Trevisan saw the tournament great and her 10-match unbeaten streak ended on a whimper, as she committed four double fouls and made 36 non-compulsory errors.
Gauff starts fast and breaks in the third game for an early advantage.
She became confused, though, after failing to convince the umpire to flip a controversial call line because of a racket error by both players.
But Gauff braced himself to start the match with three games in a row.
Trevisan broke serve four times in a row, winning only three points in those games when her serve was trailed.
The world number 59 was out injured before the second set due to a thigh injury, but Gauff took full control of the match as she won the 14-minute backhand to take a 3-1 lead.
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