Wuhan Open: Gauff into last 16 with easy win

American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, won against Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 6-1, 6-2 to move into the last 16 of the Wuhan Open at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center on Wednesday.

On Wuhan debut, Gauff fired five aces and broke Tomova’s serve as many times to finish the match in 76 minutes, winning 83 percent of her first-serve points.

Gauff, ranked No 4, will face Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 13 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Wuhan tournament, Tomova, ranked No 48, edged out American Ashlyn Krueger (1-6, 7-6 (8), 7-5).

Wuhan WTA 1000, other second-round results (Optics Valley International Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.221.715, most recent results first):

• Yue Yuan vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Erika Andreeva
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Jessica Pegula
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Xinyu Wang
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Magdalena Frech beat Emma Navarro (6): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Anna Kalinskaya (10): 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 6-4
• Magda Linette beat Lesia Tsurenko (Q): 5-2 ret.
• Hailey Baptiste (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (7): 6-3, 7-5
• Yulia Putintseva beat Donna Vekic (15): 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (8) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-4, 1-6, 6-1

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