US OPEN: Coco Gauff beats Jelena Ostapenko to reach first semi-final

Coco Gauff dropped just two games against Jelena Ostapenko to reach her second Grand Slam semifinal, and first at the US Open.

On Tuesday, Gauff advanced to the US Open semifinals with a dominant 6-0, 6-2 victory over Jelena Ostapenko, extending her winning streak to 10 matches.

“Still building,” Gauff said on Sunday after defeating Caroline Wozniacki. “I think I could have handled my service games a lot better. Still picking the right shots, in that second set I had a lot of short balls, just errors. I think I need to go for bigger targets.”

“I’m so happy,” she said in her on-court interview. “Last year I lost in the quarterfinals. I’m happy and ready to get back to work on the next one

“Honestly I didn’t feel comfortable at all during the match – even on the match points. It’s tough against her, because you can’t really be aggressive.”

“Today was the best match I’ve played [in the tournament], for sure,” Gauff said. “Even though it wasn’t how I like to play, against her it’s so hard to be the aggressor sometimes. The way decision-making is probably the best I’ve had, and I feel really confident in all my strokes.”

Her next opponent will be No.10 seed Karolina Muchova. It will be a rematch of the Cincinnati from two weeks ago, which Gauff won.