Gauff sails into French Open quarter-finals

French Open 2025

Dates: 25 May-8 June Venue: Roland Garros

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World number 2 Coco Gauff continued her pursuit of a first French Open singles title pinch different awesome straight-sets triumph to scope nan quarter-finals.

The American, 21, dismantled Russian 20th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-0 7-5 successful Paris.

The opening group lasted 29 minutes, pinch Gauff dropping conscionable 5 points crossed nan first 5 games.

It is nan 5th consecutive twelvemonth 2022 runner-up Gauff has reached nan quarter-finals astatine Roland Garros.

She will look a stern trial successful nan adjacent information erstwhile she takes connected compatriot and Australian Open champion Madison Keys.

Seventh seed Keys hit chap American Hailey Baptiste 6-3 7-5 to progress.

Russian teen Mirra Andreeva besides progressed to nan past 8 successful consecutive sets.

The sixth seed defeated Australian 17th seed Daria Kasatkina 6-3 7-5 and will play French wildcard Lois Boisson, who stunned world number 3 Jessica Pegula, next.

Gauff made a commanding commencement against Alexandrova but came nether unit arsenic she served for nan first set.

She had to withstand 5 break points successful a sixth crippled lasting almost 10 minutes earlier she yet converted her 3rd group point.

Gauff was nan first to look break points successful a competitory 2nd group but struck first against an improving force to lead 4-3.

Alexandrova, competing successful nan 4th information successful Paris for nan first time, offered guidance pinch an contiguous consequence - but Gauff vanished nan stronger and sealed triumph pinch a tally of 3 consecutive games.

Gauff, described precocious by compatriot Frances Tiafoe arsenic 'Little Miss Mature', said: "Most group do opportunity I'm mature. I consciousness for illustration playing tennis forces you to turn up faster.

"When I was successful school, I would ever beryllium nan first 1 to class. I retrieve getting connected nan yellowish for nan behaviour floor plan once, and that was for illustration nan worst time of my life.

"I'm decidedly personification that prides myself connected being a bully example."

Gauff claimed a 4th consecutive straight-set triumph astatine this year's tournament, arsenic she became nan youngest subordinate to scope arsenic galore arsenic 5 women's singles quarter-finals astatine a azygous awesome since Venus Williams astatine nan 2001 US Open.

The 2023 US Open champion has mislaid 3 of her 5 meetings pinch upcoming force Keys, including their only lucifer connected clay successful Madrid past year.

Keys ended her hold for a first awesome title astatine nan Australian Open successful January, having antecedently mislaid successful nan US Open last successful 2017.

"I retrieve gathering Coco for nan first time. She was truthful young and I knew that she was going to beryllium beautiful ascendant beautiful quickly," Keys, 30, said.

"Even to this day, I'm ever truthful impressed by nan measurement that she handles nan unit and each of it astatine specified a young age.

"It's 1 of nan things that I deliberation she has done a phenomenal occupation at."

At 18, Andreeva is nan youngest subordinate to scope back-to-back women's singles quarter-finals astatine Roland Garros since Martina Hingis successful 1998.

And she did truthful pinch triumph against an force she admitted she does not for illustration to practise with, fto unsocial look for a spot successful a awesome quarter-final.

Andreeva edged a adjacent first group pinch an assured work crippled aft she collapsed Kasatkina's service successful nan eighth game.

She past battled backmost impressively from 5-3 down successful nan 2nd set, winning 4 consecutive games to adjacent retired nan match.

"It was a hellhole of a match," said Andreeva, who mislaid to Kasatkina successful nan Ningbo last past twelvemonth successful China.

"Honestly I'm truthful so happy I won, I dislike playing against her.

"We practise a batch and moreover believe is simply a torture for me."