Coco Gauff saved two match points as she fought from a set down to beat Mirra Andreeva and set up a US Open semi-final against incoming world number one Elena Rybakina.<\/p>\n
Blown away in a 26-minute opening set, fourth seed Gauff was twice pegged back from a break up in a scrappy second set before coming through a 16-point tie-break to force a decider.<\/p>\n
Roared on by a partisan crowd, the American’s resilience proved the difference in what became a mental battle as she closed out a 2-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-2 win \u2013 a performance she said was inspired by compatriot Frances Tiafoe’s comeback victory over Alex Michelsen <\/a>on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n Progression to the last four marks back-to-back Grand Slam semi-finals for the two-time major champion and her first in New York since winning the title in 2023.<\/p>\n It is the first time the top four seeds have reached the semi-finals of the women’s singles at a major since Wimbledon in 2009, after top seed Sabalenka and third seed Jessica Pegula progressed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n “At the end of the first set I was thinking about Frances and how he came back yesterday,” Gauff said.<\/p>\n “We all want to do well in front of this crowd. Honestly, I was just trying to leave the court with no regrets.”<\/p>\n Gauff also drew strength from her home crowd, something she has learned to embrace having struggled with the pressure of “disappointing” them with a “bad match” earlier in her career. <\/p>\n “I don’t have that fear of disappointing them. I’m just using them and knowing that when I step on this court, they’re still going to have my back,” she said.<\/p>\n Earlier, second seed Rybakina recovered from losing a set for the first time this tournament – and going break-point down in the decider – to beat Zheng Qinwen 3-6 6-1 6-4.<\/p>\n