The American Coco Gauff and the ukrainian Elina Svitolinafirst and second seeds, qualified for the quarterfinals of the Auckland tournament after defeating the Czech Brenda Fruhvirtova the british Emma Raducanurespectively.
Gauff, defending champion, he was sentenced to go on the fast track. In one hour and ten minutes he was removed Fruhvirtova through 6-3 and 6-0 and now he will face the French Varvara Grachevaeighth seeded, beating the Swiss Lulu Sun through 6-3 and 6-4.
The Czech was the first to break his rival’s serve, but the North American reacted strongly and went from 1-2 to 6-3 where he put his victory on track, closing with a ‘rosco’ in the second set.
Svitolina It was more complicated for him against Raducanu, where he had to come back to win 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3) and 6-1. In the quarterfinals she will face Czech Marie Bouzkova, fifth favorite.
The Ukrainian bounced back from his bad start. After losing 1-4 and 2-5, he managed to break the British serve twice, although he could not do it in the tiebreaker, but in the second set, he knew how to recover after 1-3 to extend the match to in the third set. quite the opposite than the second one, where he didn’t give Raducanu an option.
Source: La Verdad
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