Paris, June 2: When Coco Gauff arrived in Paris, she celebrated her recent high school graduation by posing for cap-and-gown photos near the Eiffel Tower while holding her diploma. After wrapping up a 6-3 6-1 victory over the 59th-ranked Trevisan, Gauff will be back in that stadium on Saturday to face No. 1 Iga Swiatek for the championship.
The 18th-seeded Gauff, who turned 18 in March, is the youngest finalist at the clay-court major tournament since 2001, when Kim Clijsters was the runner-up a day after her 18th birthday.
Gauff has won all 12 sets she has played over the past two weeks.
She has faced only one seeded foe so far, No. 31 Elise Mertens.
Now comes someone who will present a much tougher test. Swiatek is not only already a Grand Slam champion – she won the French Open in 2020 – but is unbeaten in her past 34 matches after eliminating No. 20 Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1 on Thursday. (AP)
