Madrid Open: Gauff tops Yastremska to reach round of 16

American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, won against Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 31 seed, 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the last 16 of the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica on Saturday evening.

The American ties her best Madrid result, and has now won 29 of her last 31 matches against players ranked outside of the top 30.

Gauff, ranked No 3, will face American Madison Keys, the No 18 seed, next. Gauff has split four previous meetings with Keys, with the American taking their last tilt, in 2023 on the grass at Eastbourne.

The 20-year-old American defeated Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus (6-0, 6-0) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Madrid tournament, Yastremska, ranked No 34, edged out Colombian qualifier Emiliana Arango (0-6, 7-5, 6-4).

Madrid WTA 1000, other third-round results (Caja Magica, clay, USD 8.770.480, most recent results first):

• Robin Montgomery vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Danielle Collins vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Caroline Garcia vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Mayar Sherif vs. Elena Rybakina
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Sara Bejlek
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Emma Navarro: saturday
• Madison Keys beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 6-2, 6-3
• Ons Jabeur (8) beat Leylah Fernandez (32): 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
• Jelena Ostapenko (9) beat Maria Lourdes Carle (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (5) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-1, 6-3
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Victoria Azarenka (23): 7-6, 6-3
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sorana Cirstea (27): 6-1, 6-1

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