VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM AUSTRALIAN OPEN QUARTER-FINALS – COCO GAUFF V ELINA SVITOLINA / SOUNDBITE OF SVITOLINA RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (JANUARY 27, 2026) (TENNIS AUSTRALIA – See restrictions) ELINA SVITOLINA (UKRAINE) V COCO GAUFF (USA) 1. ELINA SVITOLINA WALKING IN 2. COCO GAUFF WALKING IN 3. COIN TOSS FIRST SET 4. ELINA SVITOLINA FORCING ERROR FROM COCO GAUFF WITH BIG FOREHAND 5. SVITOLINA’S HUSBAND AND VETERAN FRENCHMAN GAEL MONFILS WATCHING 6. BACKHAND VOLLEY BY GAUFF TO WIN POINT 7. FAN RECORDING SVITOLINA SERVE ON MOBILE 8. SVITOLINA WINS POINT WITH A SERVICE WINNER 9. FOREHAND WINNER BY SVITOLINA TO TAKE 5-1 LEAD 10. SVITOLINA CELEBRATING / MONFILS CHEERING 11. FOREHAND RETURN WINNER BY SVITOLINA TO BRING UP SET POINT 12. GAUFF DOUBLEFAULTS, SVITOLINA TAKES SET 6-1 SECOND SET 13. BACKHAND WINNER BY SVITOLINA / MONFILS CHEERING 14. BACKHAND WINNER BY SVITOLINA 15. GAUFF PUTS BACKHAND WIDE 16. GAUFF SHOWING HER DISAPPOINTMENT TO HER TEAM 17. FOREHAND WINNER BY SVITOLINA TO BRING UP BREAKPOINT 18. GAUFF PUTS BACKHAND WIDE / SVITOLINA WINS MATCH 19. VARIOUS OF SVITOLINA CELEBRATING 20. PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS AT NET 21. MONFILS WITH SVITOLINA’S TEAM 22. MATCH DURATION CLOCK SHOWING 59 MINUTES 23. CAMERA ZOOMING TO FAN WAVING UKRAINIAN FLAG 24. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN PLAYER ELINA SVITOLINA, SAYING: "Yeah, not bad. Not bad, I would say. Yeah, I'm very, very pleased with the tournament so far. And of course, it's always been my dream to come back here after maternity leave. It was my dream to come back in the top 10; it's always been my goal." 25. WHITE FLASH 26. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN PLAYER ELINA SVITOLINA, SAYING: "Unfortunately, it didn't happen last year. You know, I stopped after September. And then, you know, when we were training in the off-season, I told my coach I want to come back in the top 10 still so this was my goal for this year." 27. SVITOLINA WRITING ON THE CAMERA LENS AND WAVING STORY: Coco Gauff's bid for a third Grand Slam title went up in smoke at the Australian Open quarter-finals with a 6-1 6-2 defeat by Ukrainian Elina Svitolina on Tuesday (January 27), after the third seed endured a nightmare on serve. The result meant 12th seed Svitolina marched into the semi-finals at Melbourne Park for the first time in her career, after three previous quarter-final finishes, keeping alive the 31-year-old's hopes of a maiden major title. Svitolina will also return to the top 10 in the world when the updated rankings are released next Monday (February 2), a reward for her consistency after giving birth to her daughter with fellow tennis player Gael Monfils in late 2022. "I'm very pleased with the tournament so far, it has always been my dream to come back here after maternity leave. It was my dream to come back into the top 10," Svitolina said. "Unfortunately it didn't happen last year, I stopped after September and then when we were training and during off-season I told my coach 'I want to come back into top 10' so this was my goal for this year." Gauff's service woes came to the fore early in the clash as she made five double faults and was broken four times, allowing the aggressive Svitolina to take full advantage and grab the opening set in double-quick time. Desperate to arrest her slide, the American sent a bunch of rackets to be re-strung for cooler conditions under the roof on Rod Laver Arena after organisers earlier invoked their extreme heat policy on a scorching afternoon. Svitolina raced to a 3-0 lead in the second set before Gauff was able to get on board with a couple of holds, but there was no stopping the Ukrainian, who eased to victory and set up a clash with top seed Aryna Sabalenka. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo)
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