LONDON, July 9 (Reuters): Karolina Muchova ended Coco Gauff’s incredible run of living dangerously at this year’s Wimbledon as she saved a match point to topple the American in a 6-2 1-6 7-6 (12-10) thriller to keep alive hopes of setting up an all-Czech final at a Grand Slam for the first time.
With compatriot Linda Noskova taking on Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in Thursday’s second semi-final, Muchova’s passage to Saturday’s final meant there could be a third Czech in four years holding aloft the Venus Rosewater Dish after the triumphs of Marketa Vondrousova in 2023 and Barbora Krejcikova in 2024.
All those dreams were on the verge of vanishing within a blink of an eye when Gauff stood at match point at 9-8 in the tiebreak, but the American left the spellbound crowd gasping as she dumped a forehand into the net.
