France reveals 2025 results: Coco Goff defeats Madison to enter semifinals
Gauff has been doing well at Clay so far this year, missing out on Aryna Sabalenka and Jasmine Paolini in back-to-back finals in Madrid and Rome.
A tense start made the Gauff and Keys trade early, but as competitors continued to struggle, the keys quickly settled down to lead 4-1.
To her credit, she returned to the lawsuit and maintained a fixed point, but the Australian Open Championship Key was awarded in the tiebreak.
In the second set, the unforced error began to get stuck in the game of the keys and she soon found herself hitting both feet.
But, like Gauff in the first set, the keys canceled the advantage, just because her opponent balanced the game with another break and shelving.
Gauff admitted nine double faults throughout the opening two sets, but the key ended with 60 unforced rackets, while Gauff’s 41 was the key.
It turned out to be a difference in Gauff, and finally found her serve and played in the decision suit.
It was Gauff’s third defeat of Keys in six meetings and marked the first time she beat the 30-year-old on Clay.
Gauff lost to the final winner in the last four matches of the French Open and would face defending champion Iga Swiatek or Aryna Sabalenka, the world’s number one, if she could pass the semifinals.
