Gauff beats Andreescu to set up French Open final rematch against Swiatek in San Diego

Coco Gauff won against Bianca Andreescu 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 on Thursday night. She’ll face world No 1 Iga Swiatek in the next round

Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff at the 2022 French Open Image Credit: Federico Pestellini / Panoramic

Haresh Ramchandani

October 14, 2022

American teen Coco Gauff took down one Grand Slam champion, Bianca Andreescu, at the WTA San Diego Open on Thursday and will face another, Iga Swiatek, in the quarter-finals on Friday in a rematch of this year’s Roland-Garros women’s final.

Gauff, seeded No 6 this week, overcame Andreescu in a topsy-turvy match in which the Canadian went up 2-0 in each of the three sets and led 3-1 in the decider before Gauff came out a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 winner in two hours and 31 minutes.

In the previous round, Gauff had defeated American qualifier Robin Montgomery (6-3, 6-3).

Gauff gunning for first win over Swiatek in four tries

Gauff, still chasing a berth in the season-ending WTA Finals, gets world No 1 Swiatek in the last eight. The Pole also needed three sets to advance on Thursday, beating China’s Qinwen Zheng 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.

Friday’s quarter-final will be the fourth career meeting between the two players with Swiatek having won all their three previous meetings in straight sets.

Besides the French Open final, Swiatek also defeated Gauff in the round of 16 in Miami this year and the semi-finals in Rome last year.