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By KEN MAGUIRE<\/strong><\/p>\n

LONDON (AP) \u2014 There\u2019s no panic in Coco Gauff.<\/p>\n

Down a set after untimely double-faults, Gauff rallied past Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time.<\/p>\n

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The two-time major champion raised her arms in the air after Pegula sent a weak backhand into the net on the first match point in an all-American quarterfinal on Centre Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been going three sets almost every match. I feel like when you have that faith in yourself as a competitor, when the match goes a distance, you know when you lose one set, you\u2019re not panicking,\u201d Gauff said in an on-court interview.<\/p>\n

With the victory, the 22-year-old Gauff became the youngest player to reach the semifinals at all four Grand Slams since Maria Sharapova, who completed the feat at the 2007 French Open, the women\u2019s professional tennis tour said.<\/p>\n

Gauff will face 10th-seeded Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic for a spot in Saturday\u2019s final. Muchova, the 2023 French Open runner-up, eliminated Naomi Osaka 7-6 (4), 6-4 on No. 1 Court.<\/p>\n

In Gauff\u2019s six previous appearances at the All England Club, she had never gotten past the fourth round. But perhaps experience at the grass-court major is starting to pay off.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think after seven years playing this tournament it\u2019s finally the first time I can walk on Centre Court and I didn\u2019t feel nervous,\u201d she said. \u201cSo I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m becoming a vet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cvet\u201d was undone by early double-faults, though, putting herself in a hole to start the match. She led 40-0 right away but lost the next five points \u2014 including two on double-faults \u2014 to go down 1-0. After breaking Pegula in the sixth game, Gauff was immediately broken to love with two more double-faults.<\/p>\n

Gauff called the last two sets \u201creally great tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJess\u2019 ball is so flat and low. So I think I just needed to address that \u2026 be in there in the rallies and just play the tennis that I wanted to play. And I think I started to land more first serves in the court,\u201d said Gauff, who cranked up one serve to 126 mph in the third game of the second set. \u201cSo I think that also helped and just trusting my shots.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sinner beats Struff<\/h4>\n

On No. 1 Court, defending champion Jannik Sinner kept his title defense on track by beating Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to advance to the semifinals.<\/p>\n

The top-ranked Sinner continues to put his French Open meltdown behind him. He needed five sets to get past 50th-ranked Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round, but since then they\u2019ve been straight-set victories, allowing the 24-year-old Italian to avoid marathon sessions.<\/p>\n

Sinner will next face either seven-time Wimbledon singles champion Novak Djokovic or third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime. The men\u2019s final is on Sunday.<\/p>\n

In the completion of a fourth-round match, second-seeded Alexander Zverez beat Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (6) to set up a quarterfinal Wednesday against sixth-seeded Taylor Fritz.<\/p>\n

Heating up at Wimbledon<\/h4>\n

Under a sunny sky, the early afternoon matches started with the temperature at 29 Celsius degrees (84 Fahrenheit) and expected to rise to 31 C (88 F).<\/p>\n

Sinner, who lost in the second round at the French Open amid a heat wave in Paris, used an ice towel around his neck on changeovers.<\/p>\n

Early in her match, Gauff asked the chair umpire: \u201cDo you guys have an ice pack?\u201d The American dabbed what appeared to be a blue ice pack to her cheeks and top of her thighs.<\/p>\n

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AP Sports Writer Andrew Dampf contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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