Coco Gauff admits what the big mistake she made was in defeat to Iga Swiatek at Roland Garros

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It was a familiar story for Coco Gauff against Iga Swiatek as the American suffered her 11th loss in 12 matches.

The 20-year-old entered her French Open semi-final against the World number one having dropped just one set in the leadup to Thursday’s encounter.

In each of her defeats to the Pole, Gauff has failed to win a set and the unwanted streak continued following a 6-2, 6-4 defeat on court Philippe Chatrier.

Gauff’s wait for a second major and first in Paris continues while Swiatek will face Jasmine Paolini in Saturday’s final.

Coco Gauff outlines the mistakes she made against Iga Swiatek

Gauff knew she had to be aggressive to defeat Swiatek, but she was unable to keep the unforced errors under control.

The soon-to-be new World number two committed an alarming 38 unforced errors, 28 of which came on the forehand, which can be a weakness in her game. She also made just 51% of her first serves and managed to win just 32% of her second serve points.

Knowing where she went wrong, Gauff told reporters post-match: “It was the execution that I didn’t do well on. I had a couple of break points early in the first set to break back and I made errors. A lot of short ball errors.

“For the most part I think I had the right idea, but I made too many errors. I feel like I wasn’t hit off the court today, I feel like I made too many errors, especially on the shorter balls.”

Coco Gauff loses to Iga Swiatek for the 11th time

Gauff entered her latest contest against Swiatek after coming from a set down to defeat Ons Jabeur in the quarter-finals.

Prior to facing the 23-year-old, Gauff said she had nothing to lose and believed that the all the pressure was on Swiatek to win, especially given their head-to-head record and that she is the French Open defending champion.

But any pressure that may have been on Swiatek’s shoulders was dealt with impressively and she secured another empathic win over the US Open champion.

If Swiatek were to lift the title in Paris on Saturday, she would become just the second player after Serena Williams to win the Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros titles in the same season.