Iga Swiatek beats Coco Gauff in French Open semi-final and will compete for third straight title at Roland Garros

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• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 4:54 PM GMT+2
• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 4:49 PM GMT+2
• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 4:27 PM GMT+2

  Swiatek regains control of the match

  After losing 3-1 after an early second-set run from Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek quickly regained control of the match and is now looking to reach a third successive final at Roland Garros. She has had two breaks in a row and will now serve 4-3 to try to put one foot in the French Open final

• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 4:16 PM GMT+2

  Coco Gauff led 3-1 in the second set

  After a heated exchange with the chair umpire following an early call that didn’t go her way — replays appeared to show Gauff was right that a call had been made before the ball was hit — Gauff earned a break in the second set to take a 3-1 lead. Composure was the name of the game in that situation as Gauff trailed in that service game before coming back to take the lead. Both players’ well-timed shooting was excellent throughout this match, living up to the level of the two best players in the match today.

• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 4:10 PM GMT+2
• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM GMT+2

  Gauff showed some fight in the second set

  While the errors are still there, Coco Gauff appears to have steadied the ship on serve here in the second set. She is able to win 80% of her first serve points per second, as she now leads 2-1 and the crowd is rooting for her as the match continues.

• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 3:56 PM GMT+2
• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 3:52 PM GMT+2
• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 3:51 PM GMT+2

  Swiatek takes the first set

  After trading a few quick holds, Iga Swiatek had the first set in the books in 36 minutes. She got her first serve at 68% in the first set, but the story so far has been one of Coco Gauff’s misses…both forced and unforced. 29 errors in the first set for Gauff, compared to only 9 for Swiatek, who put on a defensive clinic against the US Open champion.

• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 3:38 PM GMT+2

  Swiatek took a big lead in the first set

  More good trouble from Gauff led to Swiatek taking a 4-1 lead into the first period and she is now on two periods of rest. Her movement and ability to control speed on clay were on display in the early part of the match, but unforced errors continued to trouble Gauff. She had 9 winners to Swiatek’s 2, but the quality of Swiatek’s defensive play and keeping the ball up the court was the difference in the first set.

• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 3:36 PM GMT+2

  Swiatek maintains the lead with a strong grip

  Now that he leads 3-1 in the first set after surviving a few break points, Swiatek has a chance to put the first set almost out of reach. Gauff was better moving in the first set, but unforced errors – 12 to Swiatek’s 5 over the first 4 games, including some long forehands had Swiatek looking to take a big early lead.

• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 3:26 PM GMT+2

  Goff gets on the board

  A quick catch by Gauff puts him on the table in the first set, now down 2-1. Out of the gate, Gauff’s serve wasn’t as strong as Swiatek’s — Gauff got just 40% of her first serves through the first three matches, compared to Swiatek’s 71%.

• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 3:24 PM GMT+2

  Swaatek stacks the break

  Swiatek’s early lead is now 2-0 after tough control. Despite some unforced errors from Gauff, she was able to survive the second game of the first set, jumping on Swiatek’s second serve, but the world number one was able to retain the lead.

• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 3:14 PM GMT+2

  Swiatek starts with an early break

  Gauff opened his first service game nervous, dropping two first serves and serving a couple of forehands long to fall behind early, with Swiatek opening the match with a break to take the lead out of the gate.

• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 3:10 PM GMT+2

  It’s 69 degrees, clear and sunny in Paris for the highly anticipated semi-final at Roland Garros.

• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 3:07 PM GMT+2

  Swiatek and Jove take the court

  Players on the red clay at Philippe Chatrier Stadium in Paris warming up. Iga Swiatek has won 10 of the 11 meetings between the two players, including their last two matches in 2023 in Cancun and Beijing.

• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 2:40 PM GMT+2
• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 2:39 PM GMT+2

  The marquee match isn’t the only match of the day

  While the winner of the French Open semi-final between the top two players in the women’s game will be favorites at Roland Garros on Saturday, they will have to face the winner of the semi-final on the other side of the draw that includes two first-time semi-finalists. The Grand Slam finalists are 17-year-old Mira Andreeva of Russia and 28-year-old Yasmin Paolini of Italy.

• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 2:31 PM GMT+2

  Goat clay?

  At 22 years old, Iga Swiatek has already created one of the greatest legacies of any clay court player. She has won the French Open 3 times already, and enters the semifinals on a 19-match winning streak at Roland Garros. Yes, she will have to face one of the best players in the world, Coco Gauff, in the semi-finals, and she will also have to win one more match to lift the Suzanne-Lenglen Cup again, but with a fourth title in Paris, she will be able to do so. She has already surpassed Serena Williams (3 French Open titles) on red clay.

  Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff will face each other in the Roland Garros semi-finals.

  Iga leads head to head 10-1.

  Both times they played here, Iga won.

  Coco’s only win over Iga was on hard courts when she had that magical round last summer.

  Iga in 19 matches… pic.twitter.com/CusMOtMhB9

  – The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) June 4, 2024

• Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 2:23 PM GMT +2

  Today is the women’s semi-final at Roland Garros

  The two best players in women’s tennis meet today in one of the most anticipated semi-finals of the season, and for the third time in three years, Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek face off at the French Open. Swiatek, the No. 1 player in the world, has won each of the past two years, but so will Gauff, who will rise to No. 2 in the WTA rankings after winning the French Open in Cincinnati last summer.