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Coco Gauff reaches Italian Open semifinals again

PH · · Philippine Daily Inquirer

ROME–Coco Gauff reached the Italian Open semifinals for the third consecutive year with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Mirra Andreeva on Tuesday. Gauff was the runner-up in Rome last year and is preparing to defend her French Open title. Gauff will next play 36-year-old Sorana Cirstea, who eliminated 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-1, 7-6 (0). Cirstea upset top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in the third round and is now the second-oldest semifinalist in a WTA 1000 clay-court event. Only Martina Navratilova did it at an older age, at 37 in Rome in 1994. “I always said there’s no expiration […]... Keep on reading: Coco Gauff reaches Italian Open semifinals again