In the early stages of a thrilling French Open quarter-final between Coco Gauff and Ons Jabeur, the American was up against it. Jabeur came out of the blocks flying; she served flawlessly and controlled the vast majority of exchanges with her forehand. Jabeur also brought out her deep toolbox of shots, from drop shots to spectacular jumping backhands as she took the opening set.
But even though she is still only 20 years old, Gauff has already been in positions like this so many times in her young career. She has stared down countless one-set deficits, cooled down on-fire opponents and she has also had to untangle her own game and find a way to win. The third seed showed once again why she is one of the most tenacious match players in the world as she recovered to reach the semi‑finals with a stellar 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win against Jabeur, the eighth seed.
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