Elina Svitolina humbles Coco Gauff to set up Sabalenka semi in Australian Open

• Ukrainian sweeps to 6-1, 6-2 victory in straight sets

• Sabalenka defeats American teenager Jovic 6-3, 6-0

Coco Gauff is known across her sport for her mental toughness and problem solving abilities, her tendency to grind out victories from unenviable positions. However, down 1-6, 0-3, 0-30 on Tuesday night and sinking quickly, the 21-year-old has rarely looked as helpless on a tennis court as when she expressed her despair to her support team: “She’s outdoing me in everything,” she said.

This time, there was no way back for the third seed as Elina Svitolina ended a courageous, focused performance by securing the most significant result of the Australian Open so far, completely dismantling Gauff 6-1, 6-2 to reach her first semi-final.

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