Coco Gauff Advances to First Wimbledon Semifinal After Defeating Jessica Pegula

Coco Gauff defeated Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Tuesday to reach her first semifinal at the tournament. The No. 7 seed trailed after dropping the opening set but converted all four break-point opportunities across the final two sets. Gauff served at 76 percent in the decisive third set and broke Pegula's serve three times to close out the match.

Gauff broke for a 2-1 lead in the third set before Pegula broke back to level the score at 3-3. Gauff immediately broke again at love to reach 4-3, then sealed the victory when Pegula's backhand went into the net at 3-5, 30-40. Pegula double-faulted at 0-40 while serving at 3-4 in the second set, handing Gauff a 5-3 lead.

Gauff closed that set with a 117 mph ace. Gauff, 22, became the youngest player to reach the semifinals at all four Grand Slam tournaments since 2007. She is the highest remaining seed in the women's draw. Pegula, 32, remains without a Grand Slam title and has not advanced past the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.

“Honestly, pretty insane. Considering I hadn't won a match on grass in 2 years before this tournament. I'm definitely just really happy with how I played today.”

Gauff will receive approximately $1.24 million for reaching the semifinals. The tournament winner earns close to $5 million.