Coco Gauff reached her first U.S. Open final with a straight sets win over Karolina Muchova on Thursday in a match interrupted for 50 minutes by environmental activists — including one who glued his bare feet to the concrete in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Gauff will face Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the final.
Coco Gauff of the U.S. celebrates her victory over Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic in the U.S. Open women's semifinals on Thursday night at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York City.
After failing to convert one match point while serving for the win at 5-3, then another four in what turned out to be the last game, Gauff got the last chance she would need when she smacked a forehand winner to cap a 40-stroke exchange that was the longest of the contest. Muchova then missed a backhand to end it.
The No. 6-seeded Gauff will face No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, who rallied from a disastrous start to down No. 17 Madison Keys 0-6, 7-6 , 7-6 to reach her first U.S. Open final. She wasn't sure how she was going to get there when the hard-hitting Keys rolled through the first set in 30 minutes and opened a 5-3 lead in the second.
When she moved out front 7-3 in the final tiebreaker, she dropped her racket and put her hands to her face, covering a huge smile after believing she'd won. But tiebreakers in decisive sets go to 10 points. "Obviously, I started really well. I don't think she was playing her best at the start," Keys said. "Then, from the second set, it just got a lot closer. I was obviously up a break, and I think serving for it I was tight. She played free. Then from there, it just seemed like it was really kind of neck and neck."
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