Coco Gauff has squandered a golden opportunity to reach the Wimbledon final after losing her semifinal to Karolina Muchová despite holding match point at one stage. In a third-set match tiebreak to decide a magnificent sunshine-laden semifinal on Centre Court, Gauff will surely forever rue the moment she had match point at 9-8 when all she had to do was put away the simplest of forehand winners at the net but instead dinked a drop shot that plonked agonisingly into the net.It gave the 29-year-old Muchová the chance of an unlikely reprieve as she went on to prevail fearlessly 6-2 1-6 7-6 (12-10) after having been outplayed in Gauff's second-set comeback.Asked about the forehand off a bouncing ball from Muchová, which she could have seemingly put away anywhere on court, Gauff sighed about her drop shot: "People who don't watch tennis are going to be like, 'Why did you do that?'"At the end of the day, that's the choice I made I'm still in shock that I had the chance to play on this court."Karolina, she is such a great fighter, an incredible player, but mainly she's a great person and I'm glad I get to play my first final with her."AAP