In what promises to beryllium different epic Grand Slam showdown connected Thursday, either Karolina Muchova oregon Coco Gauff volition scope the semi-finals astatine Wimbledon for the archetypal clip arsenic the 2 ladies quadrate disconnected astatine the All England Club.
To scope the quarter-finals, Muchova defeated Naomi Osaka 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, portion her upcoming American opponents bushed Jessica Pegula 4-6 6-3 6-3.
Match preview
After a constrictive triumph successful her opening acceptable connected Tuesday, Karolina Muchova took power of her quarter-final affair, converting 3 interruption points on the way.
The 10th-ranked Czech subordinate tin scope the last of a Grand Slam singles lawsuit connected Thursday for lone the 2nd clip successful her career, aft finishing arsenic the runner-up astatine the 2023 French Open.
Muchova has yet gotten implicit the hump astatine Wimbledon this clip around, acknowledgment successful portion to her beardown archetypal serve.
On 3 occasions astatine the All England Club this year, she has won 80% of her archetypal serves oregon more, portion she has not mislaid a tiebreak frankincense far.
Meanwhile, Muchova has mislaid 3 of her past 4 Grand Slam singles semifinals, including the past 1 astatine the 2024 US Open against Jessica Pegula.
In her 5 matches astatine Wimbledon this year, the 29-year-old has committed 2 oregon less treble faults connected 4 occasions.
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It was different dilatory start, but erstwhile again Coco Gauff fought backmost to gain a spot successful the semi-finals astatine the All England Club.
Even though she has deed 5 oregon much treble faults successful her past 4 matches, the American has besides won implicit 65% of her archetypal serves successful each of her encounters astatine the tourney truthful far.
The American has mislaid the opening acceptable successful her past 2 matches but has shown plentifulness of determination successful her instrumentality crippled to enactment alive.
Gauff has converted 5 oregon much interruption points successful her past 3 matches, portion winning her lone 2 tiebreaks astatine the lawsuit successful 2026.
So acold this twelvemonth she has won implicit over 60% of her work games, and saved much than 50% of her interruption points wide crossed each surfaces.
While she has mislaid 2 of her past 3 semi-final matches astatine a Grand Slam singles event, Gauff won the past 1 successful 2025 and went connected to triumph the French Open connected that occasion.
Tournament truthful far
Karolina Muchova:
First round: vs. Anastasia Zakharova 6-3 6-2
Second round: vs. Zhang Shuai 6-3 6-2
Third round: vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6-2 7-6 (7-1)
Round of 16: vs. Barbora Krejcikova 7-5 5-7 6-3
Quarter-final: vs. Naomi Osaka 7-6 (7-4) 6-4
Coco Gauff:
First round: vs. Tamara Korpatsch 6-2 6-1
Second round: vs. Solana Sierra 6-3 3-6 7-6 (10-7)
Third round: vs. Claire Liu 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-2
Round of 16: vs. Belinda Bencic 4-6 6-3 6-4
Quarter-final: vs. Jessica Pegula 4-6 6-3 6-3
Head To Head
Cincinnati Open (2023) - Final: Gauff wins 6-3 6-4
US Open (2023) - Semi-final: Gauff wins 6-4 7-5
Beijing Open (2024) - Final: Gauff wins 6-1 6-3
United Cup (2025) - Round Robin: Gauff wins 6-1 6-4
Australian Open (2026) - Round of 16: Gauff wins 6-1 3-6 6-3
Miami Open (2026) - Semi-final: Gauff wins 6-1 6-1
Stuttgart Open (2026) - Quarter-final: Muchova wins 6-3 5-7 6-3
In Cincinnati backmost successful 2023, these ladies met for the archetypal clip connected the singles draw, with Gauff emerging victorious acknowledgment to her 5 interruption points portion winning 71% of her archetypal serves.
At Flushing Meadows aboriginal that year, it was the American who won again, earning 36 receiving points and a 72% second-serve success.
In Beijing aboriginal that year, Gauff claimed different triumph, winning 85% of her archetypal serves to beforehand successful consecutive sets.
The past Grand Slam singles gathering betwixt them this twelvemonth saw Gauff triumph 77% of her 2nd serves and person 5 break-point opportunities en way to different win.
Muchova yet earned her archetypal triumph successful the wide bid against Gauff successful Germany this year, registering conscionable 1 treble fault, portion converting 5 of her interruption points.
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We say: Gauff to triumph successful 3 sets
While Gauff tin astatine times beryllium her ain worst enemy, she has truthful overmuch powerfulness and has been highly opportunistic, and we judge she volition find a mode to get an borderline successful this outing.
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