Coco Gauff Cincinnati: 6-2, 6-2 Past Kostyuk

Coco Gauff Cincinnati is a 6-2, 6-2 demolition that lasted about 70 minutes. No. 4 seed Coco Gauff broke Marta Kostyuk six times Friday night on Center Court, the Cincinnati Enquirer and the WTA both had it, and the 2023 champion is back in the semifinals. Saturday she plays Sara Bejlek, the unseeded Czech who beat Madison Keys after knocking out Aryna Sabalenka.

Tennis Majors clocked the quarterfinal at 71 minutes. AFP and the WTA said 70. Kostyuk, the No. 10 seed, had been 5-0 in quarterfinals this year. Gauff took 12 of 16 games. "Every match is getting better for me," Gauff said, per Al Jazeera. "I'm being more decisive, my serve is improving and it is getting more and more rare for me to be broken."

Coco Gauff Cincinnati score: six breaks, 70 minutes

Gauff broke three times in the first set, raced to 3-0, served for it at 5-1, dropped serve once, and closed it 6-2, Tennis Majors wrote. The pattern repeated in the second: two more breaks to 4-0, then 6-2 after 5-2. She converted six breaks from 11 chances. Kostyuk won 21 percent of second-serve points and dumped eight double faults. Gauff had one. She lost five points behind her first serve, the WTA said. The last point was the sixth break, a backhand return winner.

Their series is now 4-2 for Gauff on the WTA Tour. Three of the previous five meetings went three sets, including a deciding-set tiebreak at 2024 Stuttgart. This was not that. Sofascore had Gauff 61-41 in total points and 34-16 on return points. The Cincinnati Enquirer noted Kostyuk's five first-set double faults. The 2023 champion never let the night-session crowd sit down.

Saturday SF vs Sara Bejlek, and the 2023 title path

Bejlek beat Keys 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) on Friday after a straight-sets upset of No. 1 Sabalenka in the round of 16, ESPN reported. The Cincinnati Enquirer has Gauff-Bejlek as the last match on Center Court Saturday night. It is their first career meeting. Gauff watched Bejlek win Abu Dhabi as a qualifier in February. "Sara is a great player," she told ESPN. "I watched her a lot in Abu Dhabi this year when she won that title. So I think it's going to be a tough match. I'm looking forward to it."

It is Gauff's fifth WTA 1000 semifinal of 2026 and her second in Cincinnati. The last time she reached this round here, she won the title. Tennis Majors had the Kostyuk win as her 38th of the season and 12 of her last 14. The WTA noted she is the fourth Open Era player to reach multiple Cincinnati semifinals before turning 23, with Linda Tuero, Vera Zvonareva, and Evonne Goolagong. Sara Bejlek's Cincinnati run already took out three Grand Slam champions this week. Gauff is the favorite. Bejlek has not played like a 35.

Coco Gauff Cincinnati FAQ

Who did Coco Gauff beat in the Cincinnati quarterfinals? No. 10 Marta Kostyuk, 6-2, 6-2, in about 70 minutes with six breaks, per the WTA, Tennis Majors, and the Cincinnati Enquirer.

When does Coco Gauff play Sara Bejlek in Cincinnati? Saturday night on Center Court, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. It is their first meeting. Bejlek beat Madison Keys after upsetting Aryna Sabalenka.

Did Coco Gauff win Cincinnati in 2023? Yes. Tennis Majors and ESPN both noted this is her second Cincinnati semifinal, and the last time she got this far she won the title.