BY SIMON CAMBERS
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Coco Gauff says she hopes her “bad” match was out of the way at the Australian Open after overcoming a slew of errors to beat Marta Kostyuk 7-6 (6), 6-7 (3), 6-2 in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
The U.S. Open champion had 51 unforced errors, nine double faults and just 17 winners but battled past Kostyuk in 3 hours and 8 minutes.
The 19-year-old American has won 12 consecutive matches in Grand Slams and is two victories from winning back-to-back major titles. She’ll play defending champion Aryna Sabalenka or Barbora Krejcikova for a place in the final.
“I think today was definitely a C game,” Gauff said. “Didn’t play my best tennis but really proud that I was able to get through today’s match. Hopefully got the bad match out of the way and I can play even better.”
Kostyuk was appearing in
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