Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff will face off in the French Open for the third year in a row.
Swiatek and Gauff both won their quarterfinals on Tuesday, setting up a semifinal match at Roland Garros on Thursday.
Swiatek, the three-time French Open winner, defeated Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova 6-0, 6-2.
This occurred two days after the Polish sensation won 6-0, 6-0 in the fourth round, the quickest tour-level match of her career (40 minutes).
Earlier Tuesday, Gauff defeated No. 8 seed Ons Jabeur 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Gauff did not take a lead on Jabeur’s serve until the Tunisian’s eighth service game, when he broke to lead 3-1 in the second set.
Gauff has lost to the eventual winner at the previous three French Opens: Barbora Krejcikova in the quarterfinals in 2021, Swiatek in the final in 2022, and Swiatek again in the quarterfinals of 2023.
Gauff is 1-10 versus Swiatek, the world’s top player. All of the defeats came in straight sets.
Gauff became the youngest American to win a major in the U.S. Open last September, at the age of 19, since Serena Williams won her first of 23 championships at the U.S. Open in 1999 when she was 17.
Gauff is now two victories away from being the youngest American to win two majors since Venus Williams at the 2000 U.S. Open.
Later Tuesday, in the men’s quarterfinals, No. 2 seed Jannik Sinner meets No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov, while No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz faces No. 9 Stefanos Tsitsipas.