Paula Badosa entered her maiden semi-final of a Grand Slam event as she beat Coco Gauff 7-5, 6-4 in the first quarter-final of the Australian Open 2025.
Coco Gauff will take on Paula Badosa in the Australian Open quarterfinals on Monday, January 20.Gauff beat Belinda Bencic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday in the Round of 16 in her most recent match.
In her last Grand Slam quarterfinal, the Spaniard imploded in New York. She is taking the lessons into her match with Gauff in Melbourne.
ESPN, the official channel of the 2025 Australian Open, did not show Coco Gauff's quarterfinal loss to Paula Badosa on its regular channels.
Former World No. 2 tennis player Paula Badosa has taken a giant leap in her career by beating Coco Gauff in the Australian Open quarter-finals. The win sees Badosa enter a Grand Slam semi-final for the first time. The 27-year-old Spaniard beat Gauff 7-5, 6-4 at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday.
Badosa reached the last four of a grand slam event for the first time in her career – the first Spanish woman to do so since Garbine Muguruza at Melbourne in 2020. Badosa, who w
No.11 seed and former World No.2 Paula Badosa defeated No.3 seed Coco Gauff in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open to reach a Grand Slam semifinal for the first time.
Spaniard Paula Badosa has advanced to her first major semi-final, sending American Coco Gauff crashing out of the Australian Open.
Spain's Paula Badosa stunned error-prone third seed Coco Gauff 7-5 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Tuesday to reach the last four of a Grand Slam for the first time at the third attempt.
The 20-year-old former US Open champion was put under pressure immediately in the first set by the aggressive Badosa, which set the tone.
The 11th seed Badosa - who briefly dropped out of the world’s top 100 in early 2024 as she battled a debilitating back injury - won a tough first set 7-5 before closing out the second 6-4 in her quarterfinal win over the 2023 US Open champion.