Coco Gauff continues career-best Wimbledon run with third-set comeback over No. 4 seed Jessica Pegula

Gauff has made a habit of staging rallies at this year's tournament, coming back from a set down in each of the past two rounds. In the quarters, she came back against No. 11 Belinda Bencic after losing the first set 6-4. During the second round, Gauff bounced back from a 5-3 third-set deficit against world No. 56 Solana Sierra, winning the final six points of a 10-7 tiebreak to avoid another early Wimbledon exit.

Last year, Gauff suffered a stunning straight-sets loss in the first round as the tournament's No. 2 seed — her second Round of 128 loss in three years. Before this year's breakthrough, Gauff had lost four consecutive matches on grass, her last win coming against qualifier Sonay Kartal in the third round of 2024 Wimbledon.

It was only a matter of time before a player of her caliber got back on track, and the resilience shown in this year's comeback wins could serve Gauff well as she looks to become the second-youngest player and only ninth all-time to win women's singles Grand Slam titles on all three surfaces (grass, hard, clay). Last year, Iga Swiatek joined the exclusive list and, at 24, was only older than Serena Williams, who accomplished the feat at 20.

Gauff's road doesn't get any easier from here, with the winner of Karolina Muchova and Naomi Osaka's quarterfinal on deck. She's 3-3 all-time against Osaka, including 1-2 in three previous Grand Slam matches (2019 U.S. Open, 2020 Australian Open, 2025 U.S. Open). Gauff has had more success against Muchova, going 6-1, but lost the most recent match on clay at Stuttgart.

Regardless of how challenging her semifinal competition is, until they possibly win match point, Gauff can't be counted out. No lead has been safe against her, giving Gauff an excellent opportunity of being the last woman standing.