Coco Gauff is through to the semifinals of Wimbledon for the first time in her career.
Gauff, seeded seventh in SW19, came back from a set down to defeat US compatriot Jessica Pegula, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
The American has smashed her previous best result at Wimbledon, having never made it past the fourth round at the grass-court major before this year’s edition.
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She continues to break new ground, and with the victory over Pegula, Gauff has joined an exclusive club of tennis greats.
Coco Gauff completes remarkable feat at Wimbledon
According to Opta Ace, 22-year-old Gauff is now the sixth woman since 2000 to reach the semifinals in singles at all four Grand Slams before turning 23.
She joins Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova in the list of players to do so.
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Gauff reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at the French Open back in 2022, where she went on to make the final before losing to Iga Swiatek.
The next season, she managed the feat at the US Open, and went all the way there to clinch a maiden Grand Slam title.
She made her first Australian Open semifinal in 2024, and now she has completed the set at Wimbledon after six previous attempts in South West London.
Coco Gauff speaks after her win over Jessica Pegula
Speaking in her post-match press conference, Gauff said of the win over Pegula: “It means a lot. Especially the road that I’ve had here has not been the easiest, the three-setters, the opponents I’ve been playing. So it definitely means a lot.
“I feel like once I got through my match against Belinda [Bencic], because I really wanted to make the quarterfinals here, just because I hadn’t done that before, once I got through that, I felt like a load of pressure was lifted.
“Today I came into the match and wasn’t even nervous, honestly until the match point. I think I was nervous on match point.
“But before that, I wasn’t really nervous, because I just feel like regardless of how this tournament ends, I think I learned a lot, so much from it. It can set myself up for having success here in the future.”
Four of Gauff’s five matches at Wimbledon this year have gone to a third and final set.
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