Gauff fights back from brink to beat Andreeva and reach US Open final four

[p]The 2023 champion had none ‌of her usual firepower at first and ‌was on the ropes in the tiebreak before she flipped the script and ‌closed out the match with ⁠a forehand ‌strike, dropping her racket to the court ​in joy and relief.[/p][p]She faces second seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rybakina-elena/UDzElXdm/"]Elena Rybakina[/a] in the ​last four.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Andreeva[/a] looked completely at home in Arthur Ashe Stadium as she sprinted ⁠through the ​first four games, never allowing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Gauff[/a] to set up a break-point chance in the opening set, where the Russian ‌had just five unforced errors to 14 from her opponent.[/p][embed guid="3397da37-94be-4b3e-b4b5-04bde779f437" url="https://x.com/usopen/status/2097790757142773776" social-type="twitter" /][p]The two players settled into a fine fight in the second set, trading breaks twice before the tiebreak, where Gauff deployed a perfectly placed backhand to win a 39-shot rally and twice saved match ‌point.[/p][p]Andreeva flung her racket at her ​bench in disgust after dropping ‌her serve in the third game of the decider, and Gauff broke her to love in the seventh game to put the contest completely ⁠out of ⁠reach.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/andreeva-m-lI6fOOat/gauff-c-f5BXmEH6/?mid=SMJls6Ki"]Check out the game summary with Flashscore.[/a][/p][p][b][i]More to follow.[/i][/b][/p]