Coco Gauff has racked up the longest successful streak on the WTA Tour this season by beating Veronika Kudermetova 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 within the third spherical of the China Open for her fifteenth consecutive victory.
Gauff’s final defeat was within the quarter-finals in Montreal following her Washington triumph and the 19-year-old has been an unstoppable pressure ever since, successful the Cincinnati title and her maiden Grand Slam crown at her house U.S. Open.
The world No.3 outclassed Ekaterina Alexandrova in her Beijing opener and battled previous Petra Martic, earlier than her newest win over Kudermetova on Thursday.
The American produced a decided show within the first set to put the platform for a second profession win over the Tokyo champion.
“I’m really happy with how I’ve been able to manage. I had trouble finding the way I wanted to play in these conditions. I felt like the balls were flying in the first match and playing passive in the second,” Gauff stated.
“I’m really happy with how I’ve been able to troubleshoot and problem-solve. Today I played a good match overall.”
Gauff subsequent meets sixth seed Maria Sakkari in what could be a rematch of their title conflict in Washington, after the Greek participant bought previous native favorite Wang Xinyu 6-4 2-6 6-3.
“I think she’s probably one of the most athletic players on tour so I think it’s going to be tough,” Gauff stated of Sakkari.
Earlier, former champion Caroline Garcia sealed a 6-3 6-2 victory over Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina to arrange a quarter-final conflict with second seed Iga Swiatek.
Frenchwoman Garcia, who’s ranked tenth on this planet however an additional 10 locations again within the race to qualify for the season-ending WTA Finals which she gained in 2022, has loved a gradual run of kind in the previous few weeks.
Garcia reached the quarter-finals in San Diego and Tokyo with a Guadalajara semi-final look in between.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
