US Open: Coco Gauff vs. Elena Rybakina - prediction, head-to-head, tournament so far

Fresh disconnected Wednesday's comeback quarter-final wins, Coco Gauff and caller satellite No. 1 Elena Rybakina volition look disconnected successful Thursday's semi-final for a spot successful Saturday's rubric match.

Gauff saved 2 lucifer points en way to beating Mirra Andreeva successful the past eight, hours aft Rybakina bushed resurgent Qinwen Zheng to scope the past 4 and thereby supplant Aryna Sabalenka atop the WTA rankings.

Match preview

Having travel done the gully without dropping a set, Gauff showed her trademark battling qualities to flooded French Open champion Andreeva successful 3 sets.

The Russian No. 1 repeatedly targeted the 2023 champion's forehand helping for agelong spells and doubly came adjacent to sealing triumph implicit the two-time Grand Slam champion, who saved some lucifer points successful the second-set tiebreak.

Buoyed by the location crowd, the 22-year-old turned the screw arsenic Andreeva wilted successful the decider, and the 4th effect secured a 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-2 triumph astatine the disbursal of the Roland Garros champion.

With that win, Gauff has present extended her winning streak to 11 matches, having claimed the rubric successful Cincinnati earlier heading to New York, and the American No. 2's momentum is undeniable up of a 3rd gathering with Rybakina.

While Gauff tin nary longer go the top-ranked subordinate aft the US Open, she undoubtedly has a genuine changeable astatine lifting her 2nd rubric successful New York and 3rd overall.

Standing successful the mode of a 2nd US Open last quality is Rybakina, who volition regenerate Sabalenka arsenic the highest-ranked subordinate connected the WTA Tour erstwhile the rankings are updated adjacent week.

It has been a agelong clip coming for the Kazakh star, who had chances to displace the Belarusian astatine the French Open, Wimbledon and, astir recently, successful Cincy, nether definite conditions.

However, the 27-year-old has yet achieved the feat for the archetypal clip successful her career, becoming the second-oldest subordinate aft Angelique Kerber (28 years, 238 days) to emergence to the apical of the rankings.

Like Gauff, Rybakina had not dropped a acceptable earlier the quarters, but an inspired Zheng snatched the opener to extremity the 2nd seed's run; however, the two-time champion responded to unafraid a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 win.

With the unit of displacing Sabalenka present lifted, the 13-time WTA champion seeks 2 much wins to assertion her 3rd Slam rubric and 14th overall.

Having ne'er made it this acold successful 7 erstwhile appearances successful Flushing, Rybakina has present moved wrong 2 wins of reigning ultimate successful New York.

However, she indispensable travel done Thursday's Gauff trial to conflict Sabalenka oregon Jessica Pegula successful Saturday's final. 

Tournament truthful far

Coco Gauff:

First round: vs. Zeynep Sonmez 6-3 6-4

Second round: vs. Paula Badosa 6-4 7-6(5)

Third round: vs. Cristina Bucsa 6-3 6-4

Fourth round: vs. Iva Jovic 6-1 6-4

Quarter-final: vs. Mirra Andreeva 2-6 7-6(7) 6-2

Elena Rybakina:

First round: vs. Thea Frodin 6-3 6-2

Second round: vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-2 6-4

Third round: vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-6(6) 6-3

Fourth round: vs. Naomi Osaka 6-1 6-4

Quarter-final: vs. Qinwen Zheng 3-6 6-1 6-4

Head-to-head

Canadian Open (2024) - Semi-final: Rybakina 5-7 6-2 6-2

Canadian Open (2024) - Second round: Gauff 6-4 6-7(8) 7-6(3)

Gauff and Rybakina are level astatine 1-1 up of their 3rd gathering connected the women's tour, with their erstwhile matches played connected hard courts.

Thursday's US Open brushwood is simply a rematch of the pair's semi-final tussle successful Canada past month, erstwhile Rybakina overturned a first-set nonaccomplishment to triumph successful 3 sets.

Their erstwhile gathering besides took spot successful Canada successful 2022, erstwhile Gauff overcame the Kazakh prima successful 2 hours and 49 minutes. 

We say: Gauff to triumph successful 3 sets

Both players are successful fantabulous form, and erstwhile meetings going to 3 sets whitethorn beryllium an indicator of however Thursday whitethorn play out.

Much of the semi-final volition hinge connected however Gauff handles the Rybakina serve; however, the American's inclination to unit opponents to play 1 other shot stands her successful bully stead successful that regard.

As such, we are backing the 4th effect to destruct the No. 1 successful waiting and scope a 2nd US Open final.