Gauff Reaches Last Eight At Cincinnati Open

World number 2 Coco Gauff hit Lucia Bronzetti 6-2 6-4 to book her spot successful nan quarter-finals of nan Cincinnati Open.

The 2 players had progressed to nan past 16 successful contrasting ways, pinch Gauff having won her only lucifer successful consecutive sets earlier a walkover against Dayana Yastremska successful past round.

Bronzetti, connected nan different hand, had travel done successful 3 sets successful her erstwhile 3 rounds and nan world number 61 quickly recovered herself 3-0 down.

Gauff was surgery successful nan 5th crippled but it proved a little blip arsenic she went connected to triumph nan opening group successful 33 minutes.

The American went 2-0 up successful nan 2nd group but suffered different lapse erstwhile she was surgery to emotion by nan Italian successful nan 3rd game.

Bronzetti raised her crippled and had a break constituent astatine 2-2, only to nonstop a backhand return agelong arsenic Gauff managed to hold.

The 2nd group was a much competitory matter but Bronzetti double-faulted doubly erstwhile serving to enactment successful nan lucifer and Gauff went connected to break and unafraid victory.

"For nan astir portion I played aggressive," said Gauff, who won nan Cincinnati Open successful 2023 earlier going connected to triumph nan US Open that year.

"Maybe location were a mates that were a small spot passive successful immoderate of those games but it's reliable - nan balls are ace ray and she wasn't giving maine overmuch pace.

"I was conscionable trying to play controlled but besides fierce and, for nan astir part, I deliberation I did well."

Gauff will play nan victor of nan lucifer betwixt Italian Jasmine Paolini and Barbora Krejcikova of nan Czech Republic successful nan adjacent round.