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Because her run continued at the Linz Open, coco Gauff has attained the semi-finals of a WTA Tour event.
The American, 15, beat top seed and world number eight Kiki Bertens, of the Netherlands, 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 in Austria.
It had been Gauffs first win over a player, at an event in which she came into the draw .
Im very pleased and proud of myself, explained Gauff, that can face Germanys Andrea Petkovic in the semi-finals on Saturday.
Shes the youngest player to achieve a because the Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic earned in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in 2004.
Through the convincingly, Gauff came after a tight first set. She held her guts to get a memorable win and then caught the only break of serve at 1-1 in the second set.
Its the breakthrough year in Gauffs fledgling profession later she reached the final 16 at Wimbledon, which included a win on five-time former champion Venus Williams, and got to the next round at the US Open.
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