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Coco Gauff of the U.S. celebrates winning her quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament against Tunisia's Ons Jabeur at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Coco Gauff and defending champion Iga Swiatek will meet in the French Open semifinals

Coco Gauff and defending champion Iga Swiatek have set up a showdown in the French Open semifinals

By Howard Fendrich
Published - Jun 04, 2024, 05:36 PM ET
Last Updated - Jun 04, 2024, 05:36 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff's long and successful Tuesday at Roland Garros began when she arrived at about 8:15 a.m. There was a warmup session. A couple of meals. A couple of matches. Oh, and a couple of victories — first, one to reach the singles semifinals, and then one to reach the doubles quarterfinals, which wrapped up a little past 4:30 p.m.

“It goes by really fast, I will say,” the 20-year-old American said. “When you’re playing the match, it just goes by really fast.”

There is more work to be done, and there are more long days on the horizon, for Gauff, who will meet defending champion and No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek in singles on Thursday.

“It’s good to just keep going and not think about this match as something huge — just another match — to not put too much baggage on your shoulders,” Swiatek said. “But I guess Coco is not easy. She really likes playing on clay, especially here. I’ll just focus on myself and I’ll prepare tactically and we’ll see.”

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