Updated On: 08 June, 2023 08:33 AM IST | Paris | AFP
The American teenager, who won only four games in the 2022 final, made this a much closer contest but was left to rue three missed break point opportunities early in the second set

Poland’s Iga Swiatek returns to Coco Gauff of USA during yesterday’s quarter-final at Court Philippe-Chatrier in Paris. Pics/AFP
Defending champion Iga Swiatek will play Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia in the French Open semi-finals after the top seed defeated Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday in a rematch of last year’s final.
World No. 1 Swiatek improved her record at Roland Garros to 26-2 after beating Gauff for the seventh time in as many meetings.