Victoria Azarenka downs Coco Gauff in brutal match

It lasted almost three hours and it saw Victoria Azarenka take down Coco Gauff 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3 for the semi-final.

This was a fascinating match because Victoria Azarenka was very lucky to walk away with the first set. Coco Gauff missed so many chances, far too many to count and that's certainly something she'll remember for a while.

She broke Azarenka to start the match 2-0 but lost the serve making it 2-1 and breaking again getting to a 4-1 lead. When the score hit 4-2, there was a sequence of three consecutive breaks with Guaff unable to close out the opening set.

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The phenom lost her serve to give Azarenka a chance to close out the set but then broke to force a tiebreak. She wasn't very good in the tiebreak losing it 2-7. The second set was much better by Guaff who broke in the opening game of the set and then held her serve when pushed to take the second set 6-4.

The final set was another good one but Gauff encountered some of the issues she had in the opening set as well. The problem largely was trouble generation pressure on return. She did try but Azarenka was just too good and finished it off 6-3.

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