The US Open
US Open Women’s Day 9
Coco Gauff set a personal best at the US Open with her Tuesday victory over Jelena Ostapenko to reach the semi-finals of her home major for the first time.
The 19-year-old defeated the moody Latvian with the loss of just two games in what quickly became evident was one-way traffic.
The Floridian will bid for the final at Flushing Meadows against Karolina Muchova, who beat Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-3,
“It was unbelievable, a sweet victory,” the winner said.
The Czech winner will be playing her third semi-final at a major after Australia two years ago and Roland Garros in June, where she finished runner-up to Iga Swiatek.
Muchova moved into a repeat of last month’s Cincinnati final, where she lost to Gauff.

“She is an amazing player and will have the home crowd, I’ll try tp put up a battle against Coco.”
Gauf became the first teenager to reach an Open semi-final since Serena Williams 22 years ago.
The 19-year-old dominated as she broke an exhausted Ostapenko six times.,
The Latvian later complained about playing a late-night match on Sunday and coming back in the heat of the day 36 hours later.
“It’s really hard to recover from those night matches, because after beating world No. 1 (Iga Swiatek) I went to sleep at, like, 5:00 in the morning.
“Yesterday the whole day I felt very low energy. I thought today I was going to wake up and feel better.
“But honestly, I didn’t really feel much better.
“When you go to sleep at 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning you need a few days just to recover – I think it’s a little bit crazy.”
Gauff won the opening set in 20 minutes but had minor niggles with her first serves in the second set on the way to the win in 69 minutes on a third match point.
Gauff, who lost in the Wimbledon first round but has since turned her form on its head, has won 16 of her last 17 matches, including WTA hardcourt titles in Washington and Cincinnati.
She is riding a 10-match win streak.
The winner said she could take nothing for granted against an unpredictable opponent and former Grand Slam champion.
“Playing Jelena, you know that 6-0 set quite literally means nothing. That’s tennis in general because there’s two out of three (sets).
“Honestly, I wouldn’t lie… I’m surprised not by the result but how the match went today. I’m happy with how I was able to stay in it.”
Gauff added: ” I don’t know if the heat really played a factor or not, because the match was short. If it was a longer match, I think it would have favored me even more.
“But I definitely could tell that she was a little bit frustrated with her performance today.
“Right now I feel emotionally fresh, which I think was the problem in the past in Grand Slams – I would be emotionally drained.
“I’m physically fresh and emotionally fresh; that just came from experience.”
The Australian Open
Wimbledon goes modern with electronic reviews
Wimbledon will bow to the high-tech future by introducing limited electronic reviews of line calls on major courts at the Championships, the club revealed on Saturday.
The All England Club will allow the technology on showcourts including Centre Court, No. 1 and four others. During controversial moments, competitors will be allowed to ask the chair umpire for a review of the point in question.
The wizardry is coming late to Wimbledon having been used at the US Open since 2023 and later adapted by the Australian Open. Roland Garros relies on marks in its clay surface to determine line calls.
Under the rules, players can ask for the review any number of times, with electronic line-calling now in effect at the grass-court major for a second year after the 2025 elimination of human line judges.
ATP
Sinner claims full house with Indian Wells win
World No. 2 Jannik Sinner became the youngest man to complete the full set of hard-court victories by beating Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (8) 7-6 (7) in the searing heat of Indian Wells.
The 24 year old Italian, didn’t face a break point during the final nor did he drop a set on his way to claiming his first title of the year and his 25th overall.
Sinner has won both hard court Grand Slams, with victories at the Australian Open in 2024 and 2025 and at the US Open in 2024.
In addition he has lifted all six Masters 1000 series hard court titles – adding the Indian Wells title to victories in Miami, Toronto, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris plus the season-ending ATP Finals.
Only Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have achieved the same feat.
Main photo:- Jannik Sinner lifts Indian Wells Trophy – by ATPTour.com
Indian wells
Her way or the highway for Raducanu on court
Emma Raducanu remained defiant at the start of the Indian Wells Masters that if she does hire a new coach, it might not be to try and shape her game.
The Brit who won the 2021 US Open as a qualifier and then suffered a four-year drop in form due to injury, is in the market for a mentor – but only if he or she conforms to her vision for her tennis.
“Right now, it’s more about bringing my instincts back out, getting back in touch with myself,” the 23-year-old told the BBC. “I have had a lot of people telling me what to do, how to play, and it hasn’t necessarily fit.
“So I want to come back to my natural way of playing. That takes time to relearn because that’s something that has been coached out of me a little bit.
“I don’t necessarily want to have one coach in the role because anyone I bring in is straight away going to be scrutinised – even if it’s a trial.
“I might feel the pressure to stick with them, even if it’s not necessarily the right decision.
“I would love to have a coach that works well, but I don’t think it’s necessarily going to be easy to find one person and they are going to check every box.”
Raducanu reached a WTA fiak in early February after exiting in the Australian Open second round. She lost both matches she played last month in the Gulf, at Doha and Dubai.
She is entering the first Masters of the season with former coach Mark Petchey filling in ad hoc in between his TV broadcast commentating duties.
But that solution is temporary. “With Mark I knew he’d be in Indian Wells so I asked him to come out a few days earlier just to do some stuff with me on the court and try to feel back in a better way with my game,” the No. 24 said.
“At the start of the year I didn’t feel too good but the last few days I’ve been feeling better.
“It’s not something that has really been organised going forward but I knew he would be here and it’s been great, I always love being on court with him.”
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