Gauff fends off Boulter to reach quarter-finals in Beijing, could play Osaka next
Coco Gauff defeated Katie Boulter 7-5, 6-2 on Sunday. She’ll play the winner of the match between American Katie Volynets and Japanese Naomi Osaka in the next round
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American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, defeated No 26 seed Katie Boulter 7-5, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the China Open at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Sunday afternoon.
Gauff, ranked No 6, will face the winner of the match between American Katie Volynets and Japanese Naomi Osaka next.
The 20-year-old American won against Frenchwoman Clara Burel (7-5, 6-3) in the previous round of the Beijing tournament.
In the previous round of the Beijing tournament, Boulter, ranked No 34, beat American Taylor Townsend (6-4, 6-4).
Beijing WTA 1000, other third-round results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.955.610, most recent results first):
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Donna Vekic
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Magda Linette
- Karolina Muchova vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Elise Mertens
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Katie Volynets vs. Naomi Osaka
- Peyton Stearns vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Madison Keys vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Shuai Zhang (WC) beat Greet Minnen: 6-2, 6-3
- Jessica Pegula (2) beat Veronika Kudermetova (32): 6-7 (9), 6-1, 6-2
- Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-3, 6-1
- Paula Badosa (15) beat Rebecca Sramkova (Q): 7-5, 7-5
- Magdalena Frech (23) beat Diana Shnaider (12): 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
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