During her 2024 Italian Open quarterfinal matchup against Zheng Qinwen, Coco Gauff displayed her remarkable athleticism. Securing her victory, Gauff displayed her lightning-fast reflexes as she swiftly dodged the Chinese’s misplaced shot.
In the WTA 1000 tournament quarterfinals, Gauff and Zheng played an exciting match that ended with Gauff winning the first set 7-6(4). She subsequently won 7-6(4), 6-1, and advanced to the semifinals in Rome by dominating the second set.
On match point, Gauff’s display of pure athleticism took centre stage. In the second set, serving at 40-30, 5-1, the American struck a shot that should have given Zheng an easy victory.
But the ball was mishit by the Chinese, and it ended up right in Gauff’s path. The twenty-year-old miraculously jumped in the air and avoided contact with the ball to continue the contest.
Gauff celebrated with her arms lifted in triumph after pulling off the move and landing on the ground, then she went to shake hands with Zheng.
If you can dodge a tennis ball, you're into the semifinals 😂@CocoGauff slides her way into the semifinals after defeating Zheng 7-6(4), 6-1. She will face Swiatek for a spot in the final. #IBI24 pic.twitter.com/yEdB4gZHOz
— wta (@WTA) May 14, 2024
Gauff in Rome, ranking, and results in 2024
WWLWWLWWWW Ranked no.3 (career-high), the American achieved a compiled 25-7 record in 2024. Gauff is now playing in Rome where she managed to beat the world no.55 Magdalena Frech 6-3 6-3, the world no.68 Jaqueline Cristian 6-1 0-6 6-3, the world no.126 Paula Badosa Gibert 5-7 6-4 6-1 and the world no.7 Qinwen Zheng 7-64 6-1.
Coco Gauff will face the world no.1 Iga Swiatek in the semifinal on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Their record is 9-1 for Swiatek.
Coco has won 1 title in 2024 in Auckland.
The American won 7 titles in her career: 5 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 1 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)
Qinwen Zheng in 2024
Currently ranked no.7 (career-high), the Chinese played her last match on the 14th of May when she was defeated by world no.3 Cori Gauff 7-6(4) 6-1 in the quarter in Rome (draw).
At present, during this year Qinwen has a 18-9 match record. Qinwen Zheng’s best achievement of this season was getting to the final at the Australian Open.
Coco Gauff and Qinwen Zheng played each other only once. Their current record is 1-0 for Gauff. When they played, Coco Gauff won 7-6(4) 6-1 in the quarter in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) on the 14th of May 2024.
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