Coco Gauff qualified for the quarterfinals of the Wuhan Open after defeating Marta Kostyuk this Thursday (17th) 6-4 and 6-1 in just over an hour.
This is Gauff’s eighth straight victory, ranked fourth, on the WTA Asian tour.after the American won the China Open last week, returning him to the top five of the rankings.
Gauff hit two aces and broke the Ukrainian’s serve five times – losing one himself – to win the uneven match and extend his lead in the head-to-head series to 3-1.
Gauff’s next opponent is Magda Linette, world number 45who continued her impressive form this week by beating eighth-seeded Daria Kasatkina 6-2 6-3.
Gauff was the only American in the draw after losing to Jessica Pegula, third, and Hailey Baptistecircuit debutant.
US Open finalist Pegula He had a difficult afternoon against the Chinese Wang Xinyu, number 51 in the rankingwho dominated serve at all times and won 6-3 and 7-5 to reach her first WTA 1000 quarterfinals.
Wang won their only previous meeting in three sets in the second round of Wimbledon of this year and got off to a flying start here breaking Pegula twice in the opening set to take the lead.
After his first victory against a Top 10 player in the previous round, Baptiste lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova (6-1, 6-1).
The 22-year-old American was beaten six times by the Russian, world number 33, who reached the quarterfinals against Wang in 63 minutes.
Source: La Verdad
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