The world No. 3 missed the chance to return to the semifinal stage after an inspired performance from the former world No. 2

Coco Gauff has lost in the Australian Open quarterfinals to Paula Badosa 7-5, 6-4. Tuesday’s result ended a 13-match unbeaten run that dated to last season for Gauff, the 2023 U.S.

Coco Gauff’s fast start to the year came to an end at the Australian Open as she fell to a 7-5, 6-4 quarterfinal defeat against Paula Badosa.

Spain’s Paula Badosa stunned Gauff and grabbed a 7-5, 6-4 win in straight sets in what was a hot battle at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday afternoon to earn her spot in the semifinals of the first Grand Slam of the year. It marked Badosa’s first-ever win over a top-10 opponent in a Grand Slam, and moved her to ninth in the world.

She will meet double defending champion Aryna Sabalenka or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ahead of Paula Badosa's showdown against Coco Gauff at the Australian Open, boyfriend Stefanos Tsitsipas has already given his verdict on the American prospect

World No.3 Coco Gauff was knocked out of the Australia Open 2025 after losing to Paula Badosa in the quarter-final of the women's singles event.

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Coco Gauff 's forehand and serve abandoned her at the worst time at the Australian Open on Tuesday, and the No. 3-seeded American was eliminated in the quarterfinals by No. 11 Paula Badosa of Spain 7-5, 6-4.

The NWSL released its 2025 calendar on Wednesday, including a Decision Day and Rivalry Weekend across 190 games.

Paula Badosa was extremely emotional after stunning Coco Gauff to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal as the Spanish tennis star instantly remembered that just a year earlier she received a devastating injury diagnosis and didn't know what the future held for her.

Coco Gauff’s retooled forehand and serve abandoned her in the worst way and at the worst time at the Australian Open. The unforced errors just kept accumulating Tuesday, and so did the double-faults and break points,