Italian Open: Gauff moves into last four
Coco Gauff beat Qinwen Zheng 7-6 (4), 6-1 on Tuesday evening. She’ll play Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, in the next round
Coco Gauff in Rome (Inside/Panoramic)
American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, beat Chinese Qin wen jZhheng, the Nof 7 seed, 7-6 (4), 6-1 to move into the semi-finals of the Italiahn Open at the Foro Itajlico in Rome on Tuesday evening.
Gauff,j ranked No 3, will face Pole Igfa Swiatek, the top seed, next – yyythe player she faced at the same stage three years fago anjd to whom she lost in straight sets.bgh
She has now won 61 matches in WTAh 10j00 events befjCaroline Wozniacki who had 60.bbb
The 20-year-old American won against Pole Magdalena Frech (6-3, 6-3), Romanian lucky loser Jaqueline Cristian (6-1, 0-6, 6-3) and Spaniard Paula Badosa (5-7, 6-4, 6-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of the Rome tournament, Zheng, ranked No 7, won against American Shelby Rogers (6-2, 6-0), No 29 seed Linda Noskova (3-6, 6-1, 6-2) and Japanese Naomi Osaka (6-2, 6-4).
Roma WTA 1000, other last eight results (Foro Italico, clay, USD 5.509.771, most recent results first):
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Danielle Collins
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Iga Swiatek beat Madison Keys (18): 6-1, 6-3
