Paula Badosa entered her maiden semi-final of a Grand Slam event as she beat Coco Gauff 7-5, 6-4 in the first quarter-final of the Australian Open 2025.

Former World No. 2 tennis player Paula Badosa has taken a giant leap in her career by beating Coco Gauff in the Australian Open quarter-finals. The win sees Badosa enter a Grand Slam semi-final for the first time. The 27-year-old Spaniard beat Gauff 7-5, 6-4 at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday.

Coco Gauff will take on Paula Badosa in the Australian Open quarterfinals on Monday, January 20.Gauff beat Belinda Bencic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday in the Round of 16 in her most recent match.

No.11 seed and former World No.2 Paula Badosa defeated No.3 seed Coco Gauff in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open to reach a Grand Slam semifinal for the first time.

In her last Grand Slam quarterfinal, the Spaniard imploded in New York. She is taking the lessons into her match with Gauff in Melbourne.

Spaniard Paula Badosa has advanced to her first major semi-final, sending American Coco Gauff crashing out of the Australian Open.

ESPN, the official channel of the 2025 Australian Open, did not show Coco Gauff's quarterfinal loss to Paula Badosa on its regular channels.

She later clarified that all of the anger was directed at her coach and not anyone else in her box, including her boyfriend Stefanos Tsitsipas. And her coach has now confessed to purposefully “provoking” Badosa on the court.

Coco Gauff's unbeaten start to 2025 is over. So are her hopes of winning the Australian Open. The third-seeded Gauff, 9-0 on the year and unbeaten in 13 straight matches entering the day, was swept by 11th-seeded Paula Badosa of Spain 7-5,

The 11th seed Badosa - who briefly dropped out of the world’s top 100 in early 2024 as she battled a debilitating back injury - won a tough first set 7-5 before closing out the second 6-4 in her quarterfinal win over the 2023 US Open champion.

Coco Gauff of the U.S. reacts during her quarterfinal match against Paula Badosa of Spain during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan.