In June 2018, Cori "Coco" Gauff won the Roland-Garros Junior category tournament.
Four years later, the American tennis player, native of Atlanta, will perhaps do the same at the professional level.
On Thursday June 2, she validated her ticket for the final of the 2022 edition against the Italian Martina Trevisan.
During their only confrontation before Thursday, in 202 already at Roland-Garros but in the second round, the Italian had had the last word.
This time, she had to lay down her arms against her young adversary.
The American was not as quick as Iga Swiatek against Daria Kasatkina in the other semi-final.
The games were a little more contested between the world No. 23 and Martina Trevisan, 28, who is ranked 59th in the WTA rankings.
A game of almost 15 minutes at the start of the second set
During the first round, the two players initially had great difficulty in keeping their face-off. Coco Gauff was thus broken twice.
But in response, she forced Martina Trevisan to let go of her serve four times.
Put in difficulty by the powerful forehands of her opponent, the Italian gave up the first set in 45 minutes.
Physically affected, Martina Trevisan had to call the physiotherapist before the start of the second set.
Sporting an important strapping around the right thigh, the left-hander hung on to meet the challenges imposed by an increasingly comfortable Coco Gauff.
But after a standoff of more than ten minutes, Martina Trevisan gave up her serve for the first time.
And the American, all in control, flew to a deserved victory in 1 h 26.
Saturday, June 4, Coco Gauff will face the world No. 1, Iga Swiatek, crowned in Paris two years ago.
In two confrontations, she always lost against the Polish.
For the first Grand Slam final of her young career, she has a great opportunity to reverse the trend.
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