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<\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nIt is Noskova\u2019s first win over Gauff in three meetings and her 12th career Top 10 triumph.<\/p>\n
The 13th-seeded Czech posted her first Top 10 win since October 4th when she shocked Jessica Pegula. A fearless Noskova fought off three match points in the 12th game of the decider edging Pegula\u00a06-3, 1-6, 7-6(6) to battle into her biggest final in Beijing.<\/p>\n
The 2025 Madrid finalist Gauff, who vomited into a trash can on court while battling past a stomach bug and Sorana Cirstea 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 yesterday, looked healthier today but could not create closure from 4-1 up or find a remedy for Noskova\u2019s forehand return late in the match.<\/p>\n
Reigning Roland Garros champion Gauff, who became the second youngest woman to reach the Madrid final last year, fell to 19-8 on the season.<\/p>\n
Noskova will play either American Caty McNally or 26th-seeded Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk for a semifinal spot.<\/p>\n
The Gauff-Noskova clash was a contrast of styles pitting Gauff\u2019s counter-strikes against Noskova\u2019s knack for landing the knockout punch off both wings. Noskova broke first then confirmed the break at 30 extending her lead to 4-2.<\/p>\n
Serving at 3-5, Gauff saved a couple of set points, including spinning an ace down the T, as she eventually held for 4-5.<\/p>\n
On the opening point of the next game, Gauff set up for a smash right near the service line but sent it long. Noskova pounced on that error earning three more set points.<\/p>\n
The flat-hitting Czech cranked a crosscourt forehand winner converting her fourth set point to take the 34-minute opener.<\/p>\n
Resetting, Gauff came out in the second set spreading the court, extending rallies and helping the Czech hit her way into misery.<\/p>\n
Struggling to keep the ball in between the lines, Noskova double-faulted gifting a second straight break and a 5-1 second-set lead to Gauff.<\/p>\n
Two-time Grand Slam champion Gauff stung an ace and serve winner to close the second set at love.<\/p>\n
Gauff reeled off five games in a row and rolled through 12 of the last 14 points of that second set.<\/p>\n
Despite a brief bathroom break, Noskova couldn\u2019t flush the faults. The Czech double-faulted away a second straight break at 30 as Gauff snatched her sixth game to open the decider with a break.<\/p>\n
Though Noskova gained double break point in the following game, Gauff answered with a drop shot winner and ace working through a tight test to hold for 2-0.<\/p>\n
Leaning into her two-handed backhand, Gauff gained double break point and broke for a 4-1 lead when Noskova slapped a backhand into the bottom of the net.<\/p>\n
Though Gauff was two games from victory, Noskova was just getting her groove going. Noskova responded with a four-game run highlighted by slashing successive aces to hold for a 5-4 lead.<\/p>\n
Gauff lashed a pair of forehand winners down the line holding at love to force the final tiebreaker.<\/p>\n
Though the American went up 4-2 in the tiebreaker, a fearless Noskova kept firing away. Gauff committed three errors, including ending a 14-shot rally sailing her signature shot, the backhand, as Noskova edged ahead 5-4.<\/p>\n
A jump backhand from Gauff flew long giving Noskova match point. When Gauff whacked a backhand wide, her third backhand error in the final four points, Noskova was through in two hours, five minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Richard Pagliaro | Monday, April 27, 2026Photo credit: Hermann Chu\/Eurasia Sport Images\/Getty A sizeable shadow cut the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-632274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}