Roland-Garros: Gauff races past Cocciaretto to reach quarter-finals
Coco Gauff beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1, 6-2 and will face the winner of the match between Clara Tauson and Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, in the next round
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American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, defeated Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the last eight of Roland-Garros.
Gauff, ranked No 3, will play the winner of the match between Dane Clara Tauson and Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 8 seed, next.
In the previous rounds, the 20-year-old American won against Russian qualifier Julia Avdeeva (6-1, 6-1), Slovenian qualifier Tamara Zidansek (6-3, 6-4) and Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 30 seed (6-2, 6-4).
Cocciaretto, ranked No 51, beat Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 13 seed (3-6, 6-4, 6-1), Spaniard Cristina Bucsa (6-1, 6-4) and Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 17 seed (7-6 (4), 6-2) earlier in the tournament.
Paris (Grand Slam), other last-16 results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 53.478.000, most recent results first):
- Emma Navarro vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Elina Svitolina vs. Elena Rybakina
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Clara Tauson vs. Ons Jabeur
- Marketa Vondrousova (5) beat Olga Danilovic (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-0, 6-0
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