<a href="/tennis" class="sdc-site-localnav__header-title" data-role="nav-header" aria-controls="sdc-site-localnav-body" aria-expanded="false"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 34 34" class="sdc-site-localnav__icon"> <path d="M6.02 12.67c.01.194.087.362.247.525l.188.192L16.52 23.45c.188.19.44.294.706.294s.518-.104.707-.293l10.135-10.134.123-.126c.162-.163.24-.332.248-.53.006-.173-.155-.438-.442-.725-.187-.187-.386-.368-.59-.537-.05-.04-.096-.078-.138-.11l-.496.495-9.193 9.193-.355.354-.354-.354-9.197-9.198-.484-.484c-.043.033-.09.07-.14.112-.204.168-.402.348-.59.536-.285.288-.446.553-.44.727z" /> </svg>Tennis </a> <br>Paula Badosa beats Coco Gauff to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open; Badosa almost retired from tennis entirely last year due to a persistent injury; <strong>watch all the action from the ATP and WTA Tours on Sky Sports Tennis, Sky Sports+, NOW and the app</strong><br>Tuesday 21 January 2025 06:34, UK<br>Coco Gauff's winning run came to an end against Paula Badosa in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.<br>The American third seed arrived in Melbourne as the most in-form player on tour after winning the WTA Finals to end last season and then all five singles matches at the United Cup, including one against Iga Swiatek.<br>She went into the last-eight tie with 11th seed Badosa on a 13-match winning streak but it was the Spaniard who came out on top in a 7-5 6-4 victory.<br>Badosa feared she may have to retire last year because of a persistent back problem but ended the season strongly, making the quarter-finals of the US Open, and has now hit a new high in Melbourne.<br>"Today I came in and I wanted to play my best game, and I think I did it," she said. "Coco, at the beginning she was playing insane tennis, but I'm super proud of the level I gave today.<br>"A year ago I was here with my back and I didn't know if I had to retire from this sport and now I'm here playing against the best in the world. I won today, I'm in the semi-finals. I will never think that a year after I would be here."<br>Both players held serve until 5-5 in the first set, when Badosa struck before opening up a 5-2 lead in the second set.<br> Live Australian Open scores/schedule <br> Australian Open: Women's singles draw <br> Australian Open: Men's singles draw <br> Australian Open 2025: Dates, seeds and match schedule <br> What tennis is live on Sky Sports? <br> ATP Tour calendar 2025 <br><br/>Upper Austria Ladies Linz (WTA 500) 27 January-February 2<br/> <br/>Singapore Tennis Open (WTA 250) - 27 January-February 2 with Emma Raducanu in action<br/> <br/>ABN AMRO Open Rotterdam (ATP 500) - 3-9 February with Jack Draper in action<br/> <br/>Dallas Open (ATP 500) - 3-9 February<br/> <br/>Delray Beach Open (ATP 250) - 10-16 February<br/> <br/>IEB+ Argentina Open (ATP 250) - 10-16 February<br/> <br/>Open 13 Provence (ATP 250) - 10-16 February<br/> <br/>Transylvania Open (WTA 250) - 3-9 February<br/> <br/>Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open (WTA 500) - 3-8 February<br/> <br/>Qatar TotalEnergies Open (WTA 1000) - 9-15 February<br/> <br/>Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships (WTA 1000) - 16-22 February<br/><br>She was unable to serve it out at the first time of asking but made no mistake the second time around to set up a clash against either top seed Aryna Sabalenka or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.<br>Gauff was left to rue 41 unforced errors but was philosophical afterwards, saying: "Paula was playing great. Maybe some moments in the first set could have gone my way, could have been a different outcome in the first set.<br>"I think it's just a lot more work to do. I'm obviously disappointed, but I'm not completely crushed. I'm looking forward to a lot. 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