She is seeded 24th. If Gauff wins, she will be the youngest
American woman to reach the final four in Paris since Jennifer Capriati was 14
in 1990. Krejcikova is a 25-year-old from the Czech Republic who is ranked 33rd
and narrowly missed out on being seeded at Roland Garros.
Gauff is playing in her seventh Grand Slam tournament;
Krejcikova in her fifth. The day's second women's quarterfinal at Court
Philippe Chatrier is 2020 champion Iga Swiatek against 17th-seeded Maria
Sakkari, who is making her Slam quarterfinal debut. In the men's quarterfinals,
13-time champion Rafael Nadal faces No. 10 seed Diego Schwartzman, before No. 1
Novak Djokovic meets No. 9 Matteo Berrettini at night.
That will be the first night session of this year's
tournament with fans allowed because a coronavirus curfew that has required
spectators to clear out by 9 p.m. now will take effect two hours later.