15:56
Gauff-Stephens: 7-5, 3-1
Coco Gauff quickly takes a 30-0 lead in her following service game, but then throws herself out of the game with a double fault and a weak stop ball. 30 both!
15:54
Gauff-Stephens: 7-5, 3-1
Sensational! Stephens’ next mistake means a breakball for Gauff and the 18-year-old grabs it so cool! Stephens plays a strong angle on the forehand, but Gauff’s counterattack is even shorter and sends Stephens far out of the court. The 29-year-old tries it with a longline hammer, but Gauff blocks it very coolly into the open field and makes the break clear!
15:52
Gauff-Stephens: 7-5, 2-1
Sloane Stephens opens the next game strongly with a forehand winner and a service winner, but then immediately makes two avoidable mistakes. It’s still just not constant enough for the 29-year-old, while Coco Gauff is stable at a good level. 30:30!
15:49
Gauff-Stephens: 7-5, 2-1
Gauff can currently rely on her opponent’s mistakes, but must not become too passive and must keep up the pressure. she is currently doing very well and with her second ace, the 18-year-old makes it 40:15. A little later, Stephens’ backhand is again far too long and Gauff leads for the first time in the second set.
15:45
Gauff-Stephens: 7-5, 1-1
Sloane Stephens still doesn’t get it consistently to bring her game to the pitch. Suddenly, the 29-year-old is in a bad position for the ball again and doesn’t even chase the felt ball halfway into the net with her forehand. Coco Gauff grabs two breakballs, then passes the advancing Stephens longline and equalizes to 1:1.
15:42
Gauff-Stephens: 7-5, 0-1
In the third attempt, the US Open winner from 2017 grabs it! Gauff is a little too passive and at some point can no longer withstand the ever-increasing pressure from Stephens.
15:41
Gauff-Stephens: 7-5, 0-0
Gauff defends the breakball strongly, but Stephens remains persistent and powers himself to the next opportunity. This time the 29-year-old also has her chance, but thunders her forehand into the net from the middle of the field. debut!
15:39
Gauff-Stephens: 7-5, 0-0
Coco Gauff opens the second sentence. Both players initially throw in a few mistakes and share the first four points. Then Gauff makes a double mistake and is immediately faced with a breakball.
15:35
Gauff-Stephens: 7-5
The second set ball sits! With her eighth winner, Coco Gauff sealed the 7:5 and thus also won her ninth set at this French Open. Sloane Stephens fought back after being 5-2 behind, but in the end Gauff, who was eleven years younger, had better nerves in the crucial moments and made fewer mistakes.
15:34
Gauff – Stephens: 6: 5
When Stephens then also thunders a completely open volley backhand into the net without need, she is even more in trouble and there are three set balls for Gauff. The 18-year-old misses the first one a bit carelessly, leaving two chances.
15:32
Gauff – Stephens: 6: 5
Stephens opens the twelfth game with an unforced error. The following rally also ends with a far too long forehand from the 29-year-old, who is now under massive pressure at 0:30.
15:30
Gauff – Stephens: 6: 5
Another worth seeing combination of serve and forehand winner ensures the 6:5.
15:30
Gauff-Stephens: 5-5
Stephens is about to score the first point in the return game that follows, but Gauff’s forehand is deflected off the edge of the net and then flops right onto the line. After the happy start, however, the 18-year-old improves and quickly has a 40:0 on the board.
15:27
Gauff-Stephens: 5-5
After a shaky start, Sloane Stephens is now the player who exudes more security and confidence and is increasingly gaining the upper hand in baseline duels. Coco Gauff is currently too passive and collects one or the other winner. At 15, Stephens gets her game through and makes it 5:5.
15:24
Gauff-Stephens: 5-4
A long return to the baseline then gives Stephens three break chances. Gauff boldly defends against the first with a cracking forehand, but the older of the two Americans can use the second. Only 5:4 and everything back in line!
15:22
Gauff-Stephens: 5-3
Now Coco Gauff can close the first sentence with his own service. Sloane Stephens fights back with all his might and gets a 0:30 with a wonderful longline winner on his forehand.
15:21
Gauff-Stephens: 5-3
Coco Gauff risks first in a long rally and whips the felt ball into the net. Stephens has her cue ball and chases an unreachable cross forehand that makes it 5-3.
15:19
Gauff-Stephens: 5-2
Stephens scores the first point in her service game, but then makes another unforced error that brings Gauff into play. The next two points are shared and at 30:30 the 18-year-old is only two points short of winning the set.
15:16
Gauff-Stephens: 5-2
So far, Coco Gauff has absolutely relied on her serve. The number 23 in the world serves at up to 200 km/h and thus gets free points again and again. Stephens fights his way to 40:30 and then gets into the rallies well, but Gauff pushes the pace with his backhand cross and forces the crucial mistake.
15:13
Gauff-Stephens: 4-2
In any case, Sloane Stephens has fully arrived in this match. The 29-year-old serves powerfully and well-placed, usually comes quickly on the offensive and then hits consistently. Stephens also quickly has three game balls and uses the first one by digging out an attack ball from Gauff and passing her compatriot with the backhand longline.
15:09
Gauff-Stephens: 4-1
Cori Gauff shows her incredible feeling for the ball for the first time and lets Stephens run in vain after a wonderful stop. The 18-year-old is still very dominant in her own service and, thanks to good serves, is racing to 40:0. Then she lures her opponent to the net again and seals the game with a smash into the open court. 4:1!
15:07
Gauff-Stephens: 3-1
Sloane Stephens has now minimized the risk in her shots a bit and keeps the ball in play for the time being. it pays off, because Coco Gauff is now making her first unforced mistakes. Stephens organizes two game balls and uses the first one confidently. The kick serve to the outside is followed by the cracking forehand longline and the final backhand volley is a matter of form.
15:03
Gauff-Stephens: 3-0
The younger of the two US women is still on course. Stephens scored a point worth seeing for himself, but only a little later put a backhand slice a meter wide and also gave up the third game.
15:01
Gauff-Stephens: 2-0
So far this is clearly going in one direction. Coco Gauff is incredibly focused, serves well and packs one point after the other, while Sloane Stephens still hasn’t really arrived in this match. 40:15!
15:00
Gauff-Stephens: 2-0
Sloane Stephens happily fends off the first breakball thanks to two hits on the line, but with the second she is powerless against Gauff’s good return and makes the crucial mistake.
14:57
Gauff-Stephens: 1-0
Stephens still has serious problems with the length of her basic strokes in particular and keeps pushing the ball out. Gauff senses her chance for an early break, hits the forehand twice longline into the corner and gets a 0:40!
14:55
Gauff-Stephens: 1-0
Gauff has to be over 30:30 right away, but then gets through the game very confidently. With her first ace and another service winner, the 18-year-old makes it 1-0.
14:54
Gauff-Stephens: 0-0
Sloane Stephens is not there at all at first and completely distorts the forehand twice. The first longer rally then goes to the 29-year-old, who has clear advantages in terms of power in the baseline duels.
14:52
Gauff-Stephens: 0-0
Here we go! Coco Gauff serves first.
14:48
Dinner is served
The two protagonists have just entered the Philippe-Chatrier court and started warming up. In a few minutes we can start with this second quarter final. Coco Gauff or Sloane Stephens – Who will win a semifinal against Martina Trevisan?
14:37
First duel to Stephens
The only match between the two so far also took place at major level and clearly went to the more experienced player. At the US Open last year, Sloane Stephens won 6: 4 and 6: 2. “The last match against her I was super nervous,” admitted Coco Gauff. “This time I’ll just approach it like any other match,” said the 18-year-old in the run-up to the game.
14:31
Stephens with incredible runs
Alongside Iga Świątek, Sloane Stephens is the only remaining player in the field who has ever won a Grand Slam tournament. After a few meager years, the 2017 US Open winner is in the quarterfinals of a major for the first time since 2019 and wants to reach her second final in Paris after 2018. She is certainly capable of doing it, especially if she builds on the performance from the last duel against Jil Teichmann. Stephens was 2-0 down against the Swiss and then won twelve games in a row. In the second set, the American gave up three points. Already in round two against Sorana Cirstea, the 29-year-old had ended the match after falling behind with twelve games won in a row.
14:25
Gauff likes Roland Garros
18-year-old Coco Gauff is already contesting her second Grand Slam quarter-final in Paris. She reached the first one a year ago at the same place and lost to the eventual winner Barbora Krejčíková. The youngest player left in the field appears to be very happy on the red ashes of Roland Garros and has made a strong impression so far this year. In her first four matches, Gauff did not give up a single set, most recently she served the seeded Belgian Elise Mertens 6: 4 and 6: 0 in the round of 16.
14:23
Warm welcome
Hello and welcome back to the French Open in Paris! In the second semi-final of the women’s competition, Coco Gauff and Sloane Stephens face each other in a pure US duel on the Philippe-Chatrier court.