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Because her run continued at the Linz Open coco Gauff has reached the semi-finals of a WTA Tour event for the first time.
The American, 15, beat top seed and world number eight Kiki Bertens, of the Netherlands, 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 in Austria.
It was the first triumph over a participant of Gauff, at an event in that she just came to the draw .
Im really happy and proud of myself, explained Gauff, that can face Germanys Andrea Petkovic from the semi-finals on Saturday.
She becomes the youngest player to achieve a because the Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic earned in 2004, at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Through the tie-break convincingly, Gauff arrived after a tight first set. She then caught the only break of serve at 1-1 in the second set and then held her guts.
It continues the breakthrough season at Gauffs fledgling profession after she reached the last 16 at Wimbledon, which included a win on five-time former winner Venus Williams, also got into the third round at the US Open.
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