London, July 7 -- The former French Open champion and American tennis star Coco Gauff made it into her first-ever Wimbledon semifinal, beating compatriot Jessica Pegula in her quarterfinal match.

On Tuesday, Gauff outclassed Pegula 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 after dropping the first set, securing her first-ever Wimbledon semifinal appearance and now has a shot at her second Grand Slam title, having won the French Open last year.

The one-hour, 48-minute win made the two-time Grand Slammer the seventh active women's player to reach the semifinals or beyond in all Grand Slam events in her career, joining the elite list of Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Karolina Pliskova, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek.

Gauff, who played four successive three-set ma...