China Open: Gauff reaches third round

American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, moved into the third round of the China Open by beating Frenchwoman Clara Burel 7-5, 6-3 at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Friday.

With that win, Gauff becomes the player with the joint-most WTA-1000 hard court wins before turning 21 years old since the format was introduced in 2009 (46, equalling Caroline Wozniacki).

Gauff, ranked No 6, will face No 26 seed Katie Boulter next.

Burel, ranked No 56, won against German lucky loser Tamara Korpatsch (6-3, 5-7, 6-3) in the previous round of the Beijing tournament.

Beijing WTA 1000, other second-round results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.955.610, most recent results first):

• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Donna Vekic
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
• Madison Keys vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Yue Yuan vs. Karolina Muchova
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Lulu Sun
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Camila Osorio vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Sijia Wei vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Jana Fett
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Magda Linette
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Clara Tauson
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Elise Mertens
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Magdalena Frech vs. Alycia Parks: friday
• Rebecca Sramkova (Q) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (22): 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
• Naomi Osaka beat Yulia Putintseva (21): 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Jessica Pegula (2) beat Diane Parry: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Katie Volynets beat Marta Kostyuk (14): 7-5, 6-3
• Peyton Stearns beat Leylah Fernandez (20): 7-5, 6-2
• Elina Avanesyan beat Caroline Dolehide (33): 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
• Paula Badosa (15) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-3, 6-2
• Anna Kalinskaya (10) beat Hailey Baptiste (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5)
• Veronika Kudermetova (32) beat Xinyu Wang: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Katie Boulter beat Taylor Townsend: 6-4, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider (12) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-2, 6-3
• Shuai Zhang (WC) beat Emma Navarro (6): 6-4, 6-2
• Greet Minnen beat Anastasia Potapova (28): 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
• Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Katerina Siniakova (27): 6-2, 6-2