CoCo Vandeweghe gives shock view on the atmosphere on Philippe Chatrier for Coco Gauff’s semi-final against Lois Boisson

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Coco Gauff was looking to advance to her second French Open final with a win over Lois Boisson.

The American WTA star had been in fine form during the early stages of the tournament, advancing past Olivia Gadecki, Tereza Valentova, Marie Bouzkova, and Ekaterina Alexandrova without dropping a set.

She then faced her toughest test yet in the quarterfinals, coming up against Australian Open champion Madison Keys.

In a scrappy affair, Gauff defeated Keys, booking her spot in the semi-finals where she took on home favorite Lois Boisson.

Silencing the crowd, Gauff dominated Boisson in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, securing her place in the final.

After the match, former US Open doubles champion Coco Vandeweghe gave her verdict on the fans on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Coco Vandeweghe says Coco Gauff ‘instantly hushed’ the crowd on Philippe Chatrier

Speaking to TNT Sports after the match, Vandeweghe shared her thoughts on the Parisian crowd.

“They were louder during the warm up when we were doing the pre match,” she said.

“It was really something that they were just hushed instantly. Complete credit to Coco Gauff, she did what she was supposed to do, get the early break.

“That is so important to be able to hush a rowdy crowd. They were ready to burst. You could feel the buzz when we were down there, the electricity.

“But when you are down a set and a break, it’s like, what are we supposed to do out there?”

The crowd played a big role in the Frenchwoman’s quarterfinal win as Mirra Andreeva grew frustrated on Chatrier during her defeat to Boisson.

Andreeva was gracious after the match but became bothered by the pro-Boisson crowd on Wednesday, as her serve fell apart.

Perhaps Gauff learned from Andreeva’s mistakes as she silenced Chatrier with a dominant win over the world number 361.

She may well have the crowd back on her side when she returns to take on world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the French Open final.

Coco Gauff previews French Open final against ‘aggressive’ Aryna Sabalenka

Working for TNT Sports, 2018 French Open finalist Sloane Stephens interviewed Gauff after the match, asking the American about her final opponent, Sabalenka.

“She’s obviously going to hit some great shots and be really aggressive,” said Gauff.

“I’m just going to try my best to play my game and be as aggressive as I can.”

Sabalenka beat Iga Swiatek in the earlier semi-final 7-6, 4-6, 6-0, to advance to her maiden Roland Garros final.

It’s almost impossible to predict who will emerge victorious when Gauff and Sabalenka take to the court on Saturday.

Through ten career meetings, they are level at 5-5, and 1-1 on clay courts.

Gauff will however, take confidence from such a dominant semi-final win into Saturday’s championship match.

“Yeah, definitely, when you have that performance, it helps you try to bring that same energy to the final, and I’ll try to be even better than today,” she said.

The world number two has played one previous French Open final, three years ago, when she came up short against Swiatek in straight sets.

Winning just four games on that occasion, Gauff will certainly be hoping for a better showing this time around.

Gauff and Sabalenka will compete for the Suzanne-Lenglen Cup on Saturday, June 7.