American teenager Coco Gauff shrugged off a 49-minute stoppage caused by climate protesters to power into the US Open final on Thursday, Sept. 7, with a straight sets defeat of Karolina Muchova.
NEW YORK -- American teenager Coco Gauff shrugged off disruption from climate protesters to reach the US Open final on Thursday, Sept. 7, as Aryna Sabalenka survived a huge scare to stay on course for a second Grand Slam title.
The 19-year-old Gauff showed great poise to remain unfazed after the match was halted for 49 minutes early in the second set when environmental activists staged a protest in the upper tiers of the Arthur Ashe Stadium. The American teenager said while the enforced stoppage had been"challenging", she had sympathy for the activists and their cause.
Other Grand Slam tennis events including Wimbledon and the French Open have also been disrupted by protesters.Gauff, who is now the youngest American woman to reach the US Open final since her idol Serena Williams in 1999, will face second seed Sabalenka in Saturday's final. "I'm really proud of myself that I was able to turn around this game and get this win, because it was just incredible," Sabalenka said after the victory.
Sabalenka suffered a disastrous opening set and then fell a break behind in the second to leave Keys serving for the match at 5-4.
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