Coco Gauff and Paula Badosa clash in a highly anticipated Australian Open quarterfinal. Gauff, riding a wave of momentum after her stunning victories, aims to secure a semifinal spot. Badosa, after a triumphant comeback from injury, seeks to upset the odds and continue her impressive run.
in a fantastic 10-point tiebreak!The duo are now signing hats and balls for kids in the crowd."It was a lot of hard work and Hewitt did most of it."One of the final questions to Rafter was what will he do now to recover from the match."I don't do recovery anymore," he laughed.We could be headed for yet another upset at this tournament of upsets.Loading Twitter content
Gauff was clearly frustrated with herself and disappointed to lose the set, gesturing to her box in the final game.As we saw in Gauff's previous match against Swiss Belinda Bencic, she's more than capable of coming back from a set down.By Erin HandleyShe's also managed to triumph in long baseline rallies over Gauff.She lost the next two points but then won the next in one of the best rallies of the match.She now gets to serve for the set.
In a previous match she seemed to be frustrated with his comments from her box and appeared to turn the racquet grip to him, asking if he wanted to come down and play her opponent."Even today in the match he was there. He really inspires me because he's done so much already on the tennis world," she said in her most recent press conference.
Both held their first service games convincingly, but both were challenged to deuce on their second service games.There have been moments of brilliance from each, with Badosa coming to the net in a gutsy play.
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