The 2025 Rome Tennis Tournament won a youth matchup against Gauff, and the women's singles semifinals will be against Zheng Qinwen

On the 14th local time, the 2025 Rome Tennis Tournament will re-enact a youth showdown. In the end, the fourth seed of the United States, Gauff, defeated Russia's "talented girl" Andreeva 6:4, 7:6 (7:5) to reach the women's singles semi-finals for the third time, and also set a record for the youngest in the history of the tournament in the past 26 years.

U.S. No. 4 seed Gauff

"I defended very hard at the last minute." Gauff revealed in an interview on the field after the game that in the face of the strong impact of the 18-year-old Andreyeva, she did feel heavy pressure, "When the decisive tie-break was 7, both sides fought very hard, and it was up to them to see who could score the last goal." Some of the points today weren't my best performances, but still succeeded. The 21-year-old Gauff is riding a four-fight winning streak and is currently facing a young up-and-comer who is still 11-1 and is expected to climb from No. 3 to a career-high No. 2 in the latest world rankings.

After the 2023 US Open, Gauff is now in the Italian capital, reaching the top four of the WTA 1,000-point clay tournament for the third time, and is already the youngest rising star since "Swiss Princess" Hingis in 1999, and she will next face China's first sister Zheng Qinwen. Zheng Qinwen swept Belarus World Ball queen Sabalenka in straight sets in the other quarterfinals, ending her first win in six consecutive defeats.