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How many records did Coco Gauff break related to her young age?

23 the one, 2024, 02:00 ET

Thanks to the victory against the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (35th) in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, the american tennis player Coco Gauff (4ª) broke several records referring to his young agematching marks belonging to some of the best players in history.

Gauff reached the semifinals in a Grand Slam for the third time, first at the Australian Open. getty

Despite not enjoying her best level, the one born in Delray Beach, Florida, 19 years ago, got her ticket to the semifinals of a Major for the third time, first in Melbourne, where she also continues to break early statistics, as a result of reaching her 49th victory in Grand Slam tournamentscategory in which he tied his compatriot Serena Williams and was only one of Jennifer Capriatiwho dominates the list among the happiest American teenagers since 1990, further ahead of Venus Williams (43) and Lindsay Davenport (38).

Consequently, the former world number 1 registered her 12° victory in the oceanic majorwhile totaling 15 a Roland Garros, 8 at Wimbledon y 14 and US Opencompetition that he raised during the last season.

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On the other hand, the right-handed one, 175 centimeters tall, became the youngest from his country to reach the semi-finals at the Australian Open since 1990when Mary Joe Fernandezborn in the Dominican Republic in 1971, sixth seed in the tournament, beat the Mexican Angélica Gavaldón 6-4 and 6-3, coming from the qualifying stage, then celebrated 6-2 and 6-1 against the German Claudia Porwick and in The decisive stage succumbed 6-3 and 6-4 to the story Steffi Graf.

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It should be noted that Gauff also became the ninth player during the Open Era to achieve 12 successes in major tournaments before turning 20after the Australian Evonne Goolagongthe Americans Chris Evert y Tracy Austinthe Czech Hana Mandiklovathe Teutonic one Graffwho achieved it twice, the Serbian Monica Seleswho marked the milestone three times, the Swiss Martina Hingis and the Russian Maria Sharapova.

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