Anisimova is making history<\/a> all the time with her performances, and she\u2019s firmly establishing herself as an elite player. <\/p>\n After losing in the US Open<\/a> final, Aryna Sabalenka made a prediction about Anisimova<\/a>, and it does feel like Grand Slam titles will be forthcoming to the player in the future. <\/p>\n Zhang Shuai praised Anisimova<\/a> earlier this week, and now the 24-year-old has another semifinal to look forward to in China. <\/p>\n The two American stars have only played each other twice on the tour, with each player winning once each. <\/p>\n The last match came at Wimbledon in 2022 when Anisimova stunned Gauff in the round of 32. <\/p>\n Gauff\u2019s win came the year previous in Italy when she beat Anisimova in straight sets and the latest encounter promises to be a good one. <\/p>\n After beating Paolini, Anisimova was asked about playing Gauff, and it\u2019s a match that she appears to be excited for. <\/p>\n She said: \u201cI\u2019m excited to play Coco, and every time we play, it\u2019s always a tough match, and it\u2019s actually going to be a lot of fun to play another American here, so I\u2019m really looking forward to it now.\u201d<\/p>\n In a side note, Anisimova has now booked her place at Riyadh for the WTA Finals<\/a>. <\/p>\n The player will take part in the event for the first time, and in reaching the finals, she\u2019s actually completed a goal of hers set at the start of the season. <\/p>\n She said: \u201cYeah, it\u2019s my first time playing there, and it was a goal that I set for myself, so it was the only one I made, so I\u2019m super excited and now I\u2019m very excited for the semifinal.\u201d<\/p>\n What Coco Gauff has said about playing Amanda Anisimova<\/p>\n Gauff was earlier asked about Anisimova by Sky Sports Tennis<\/a>, and it would appear that she knows she\u2019s playing someone who is in fine form. <\/p>\n The world number three said: \u201cI think Amanda is one of the best ball strikers on tour and can hit winners from anywhere on court, so that would be a tough match-up for me.\u201d<\/p>\n Now, the pair can lock horns and showcase just how healthy tennis in America is right now. <\/p>\n With Jessica Pegula<\/a> and Emma Navarro<\/a> both looking to secure a place in the semifinal tomorrow too, the future does look very bright for the female game in the United States. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amanda Anisimova is one of the form players on the WTA Tour right now, and she\u2019s on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[22052,101,118,56,54,55,6546],"class_list":{"0":"post-175425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-amanda-anisimova","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-tennis","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom","14":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Amanda](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2238345724-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by GREG BAKER\/AFP via Getty ImagesAmanda Anisimova reacts after setting up Coco Gauff clash<\/p>\n