Throughout the marathon tennis season, each tournament takes on a life of its own with storylines shaping the narrative of so many players. While it is still far from guaranteed, an Italian Open final (Internazionali BNL d'Italia) showdown between Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek is becoming increasingly likely β an undeniably fun match in the heart of clay court season. On Tuesday night, the third-seeded Gauff came back to defeat the eighth-seeded Mirra Andreeva in three sets: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. During her post-match press conference, Gauff revealed her win-win mindset entering the quarterfinal. "I think you have the lead, I know when I play her she can play great tennis at any moment," Gauff said. "But I was also thinking, I saved a match point in the last round, so I could easily not be here today. I was just trying to appreciate just being here even if those match points weren't going my way.β¦