Karolina Muchova ended Coco Gauff´s run at Wimbledon with a 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (10) victory Thursday that ended with a drama-filled tiebreaker, to become the fourth Czech woman in the last six years to reach the final of the grass-court Grand Slam.
It will be the ninth-ranked Muchova´s second Grand Slam final after losing to Iga Swiatek in the 2023 French Open championship match.
Muchova could face another Czech player in Saturday´s final, with Linda Noskova to play Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine in the other semifinal next on Centre Court.
The other Czech women in the Wimbledon final recently were: Karolina Pliskova (runner-up in 2021); Marketa Vondrousova (champion in 2023); and Barbora Krejcikova (champion in 2024).
For Gauff, it was still her most successful Wimbledon. Previously, the seventh-ranked American had gone only as far as the fourth round three times – including during her breakthrough run as a 15-year-old in 2019.
The men´s semifinals on Friday feature top-ranked and defending champion Jannik Sinner against seven-time Wimbledon winner Novak Djokovic and French Open champion Alexander Zverev against British wild card Arthur Fery.