Roland Garros, Trevisan defeated 2-0 by Gauff in the semifinals

Smile Martina, it’s still a feat. Beating Coco Gauff was difficult, but only someone like her who has gone through the dark could have the strength to fight with one of the most promising talents of the last decade. In the semifinal of Roland Garros the American passes 6-3 6-1 and wins the first Grand Slam final of her career at just 18 years old, at the beginning of the year.

She will be the last obstacle to stem the overwhelming power of Iga Swiatek, the number 1 who is looking for an encore in Paris and has been unbeaten since the beginning of the season. Coco, who has been haunted by the confrontation with the sisters who have dominated women’s tennis since she was 15 years old by beating Venus Williams at Wimbledon, now she has shaken off all these pressures and is ready for the most important appointment. “I am me. Comparisons make me happy but I follow my path, just call me Coco”. Martina is left with the satisfaction of being in the elite of Italian tennis players, together with Pennetta, Schiavone and Vinci, among the Grand Slam semifinalists. Greets with a smile and the best ranking in career, 26 in the world and Italian number 1, Trevisan, who stopped her streak 10 wins from the tournament won in Rabat.

The match

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The game starts and is balanced only for the first two games. Then begins a continuous exchange of breaks and counterbreaks. In the third game, free and double foul: Martina ends up under 30-0. Another double fault and Gauff has two break points at 15-40 then with a forehand mistake she loses the serve and ends up under 2-1. Gauff argues with the chair judge over Martina’s ball warning her out. It’s inside. The Fiorentina goes 30-30 and then has the ball of the counterbreak and returns to 2-2. But there is no need to rest assured against the wild teenager: Trevisan tries to vary the game a lot and Coco, who aims to become the youngest finalist of Roland Garros from Kim Clijsters, rises 40-0 and tears her joke again taking in advantage for 3-2. Although she is one break ahead, Gauff is rather tense, she makes mistakes, argues about every sign of the ball and in the end gives Trevisan the chance to come back in again. On the second occasion Martina makes it, but again gives the service to the American who takes the 4-3 and service. This time the teenager does not get caught again, helped also by a tape, goes 5-3 and then with another game of service from the Florentine to forget, Gauff closes the 1st set 6-3. In the interval the blue calls the trainer to have his left leg massaged. Meanwhile, Coco eats melon and pineapple.

In the second set we start in balance but Trevisan, perhaps also due to the problem in the left leg, does not fuel. In the fourth game he gets hung up at 40-40, then a forehand mistake gives Gauff a break point. She bravely cancels it but with the third double fault of the match she concedes another one. This time he saves himself with a nice backhand passer and then has the ball of 2-2 but he lacks the legs and the forehand ends up in the net. She does not give up, Martina never did, and clears two more break points, then Gauff breaks her serve at the fourth opportunity and climbing 3-1, then 4-1.