French Open: Coco Gauff Digs Deep to Beat Keys and Will Face 361st-Ranked Boisson in the Semifinals

French Open: Coco Gauff Digs Deep to Beat Keys and Will Face 361st-Ranked Boisson in the Semifinals
Coco Gauff of the United States reacts as she plays against Madison Keys of the United States during their quarterfinal match of the French Tennis Open at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris on June 4, 2025. Christophe Ena/AP Photo
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PARIS—Coco Gauff kept double-faulting. She kept missing plenty of other strokes. She kept losing games in bunches. And all the while, she would let out a sigh or bow her head or look generally uncomfortable.

What the 21-year-old Gauff never did Wednesday during a tense and topsy-turvy French Open quarterfinal against another American woman with a Grand Slam title, Madison Keys, was give up hope or go away. And, in a contest filled with plenty of mistakes, it was Gauff who emerged to grab eight of the last nine games for a 6–7 (6), 6–4, 6–1 victory over Keys and a third trip to the semifinals at Roland-Garros.