World No. 9 Jasmine Paolini rallied past reigning French Open champion Coco Gauff 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the Cincinnati Open quarter-finals on Friday night, booking her first career semifinal at the Western & Southern event and her third WTA 1000 semifinal of the season. Gauff dominated the opening set but Paolini, who briefly rolled her ankle in the second set, steadied her baseline game to level the match and broke the American twice in the decider. The Italian improved to 3-0 against Gauff in 2025 and collected her ninth career victory over a top-10 opponent. Paolini will face the winner of the match between [next opponent not yet determined at time of play] for a place in Sunday’s final, while Gauff continues to search for her first semifinal appearance of the North American hard-court swing.