{"id":436274,"date":"2026-01-25T09:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/436274\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T09:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:31:08","slug":"clutch-gauff-edges-muchova-for-another-aussie-open-quarterfinal-tennis-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/436274\/","title":{"rendered":"Clutch Gauff Edges Muchova for Another Aussie Open Quarterfinal \u2013 Tennis Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coco Gauff found herself in a tense third-set against Czech craftmaster Karolina Muchova for the first time in the pair\u2019s five meetings, with a spot in the quarterfinals on the line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tennisexpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pro-Player-Gear2.jpg\" alt=\"tennis express pro player gear\" class=\"wp-image-54540\"  data-\/><\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\n<p>True to form, the 21-year-old American held her nerve and delivered her 21st career three-set victory at the Grand Slams, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff improves to 21-6 in three-setters at the majors, and reaches her third consecutive Australian Open quarterfinal. Her overall record in Melbourne to 20-6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t get tired yet,\u201d Gauff said. \u201cI\u2019m 21, maybe that\u2019s why.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s more than that.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff\u2019s ability to remain poised and focus on the task at hand has always been there for her, and it was again today as she fought through a final set, taking her opportunity to break for 3-1, then later saving a break point to hold for 5-2. She held her serve two games later, serving out the win in one hour and fifty-nine minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt today was great, maybe one loose service game in the second set,\u201d Gauff said. \u201cBut after that it was pretty good but I\u2019m happy that I was able to close it on my racquet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A crisp backhand rally helped Gauff get to her fourth match point in a dicey final game that featured three deuces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe always can rely on that backhand,\u201d said Chris Evert, who was commentating the match for ESPN. \u201cUnder pressure, whatever, it\u2019s always there for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gauff will face either Mirra Andreeva or Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinals. Three more American women \u2013 Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys and Amanda Anisimova will bid for the quarterfinals on Day 9 in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff improves to 5-0 overall against Muchova, and each time she has defeated Muchova in the past, she has gone on to win the title.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Each time Coco Gauff has beaten Muchova, she has gone on to win the title\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 2023 Cincinnati <br \/>\ud83c\udfc6 2023 US Open<br \/>\ud83c\udfc6 2024 Beijing<br \/>\ud83c\udfc6 2025 United Cup<br \/>\u2753 2026 Australian Open <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wgiNljYwwM\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/wgiNljYwwM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustralianOpen\/status\/2015322913084477654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 25, 2026<\/a> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff found herself in a tense third-set against Czech craftmaster Karolina Muchova for the first time in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-436274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}