Coco Gauff vs. Martina Trevisan
Recent Roland Garros women’s events have featured at least one unexpected semifinalist. Last year it was Tamara Zidansek; in 2020 it was Nadia Podosorska; in 2019 it was Marketa Vondrousova. This time we have the 59th-ranked Trevisan. While she did make the quarterfinals in Paris in 2020, the 28-year-old hasn’t been past the second round at any other major in her career.
Of course, the presence of Gauff, the 23rd seed, is also something of a surprise. She too was a quarterfinalist at RG, last year, but she has never reached a Grand Slam semi. At the last two, in New York and Melbourne, she lost early. But she has made the most of the early-round carnage here. Last week, when the top four seeds in the bottom half of the draw—Barbora Krejcikova, Anett Kontaveit, Maria Sakkari and Ons Jabeur—went out in the first and second rounds, that section quickly turned into the wild west. Gauff and Trevisan have each faced just one seed thus far.
The American and the Italian have played once before, in the second round at Roland Garros two years ago, and Trevisan won 7-5 in the third. Gauff has obviously improved since then, and she hasn’t dropped a set this year. But Trevisan loves this tournament, and she’ll fight, loudly, to the finish. Winner: Gauff
