Stuttgart Open: Gauff battles into quarter-finals

No 3 seed Coco Gauff moved into the last eight of the Stuttgart Open by edging out qualifier Sachia Vickery 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 at the Porsche-Arena on Wednesday evening.

Gauff, ranked No 3, will face the winner of the match between Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 5 seed, and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk next.

In the previous round of the Stuttgart tournament, Vickery, ranked No 134, won against Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich (7-6 (2), 7-5).

Stuttgart WTA 500, other second-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, USD 802.237, most recent results first):

• Qinwen Zheng vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Iga Swiatek vs. Elise Mertens
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Ons Jabeur
• Elena Rybakina vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Paula Badosa vs. Aryna Sabalenka