Stuttgart Open: Gauff reaches last eight

American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, won against German lucky loser Ella Seidel 6-1, 6-1 to move into the last 8 of the Stuttgart Open at the Porsche-Arena on Thursday.

This is Gauff’s second quarter-final of the year.

She has now won her last 16 matches against players ranked outside the Top 100.

Gauff, ranked No 4, will play Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 5 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Stuttgart tournament, Seidel, ranked No 124, edged out wildcard Tatjana Maria (3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4).

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Stuttgart WTA 500, other second-round results (Porsche-Arena, clay, EUR 925.661, most recent results first):

• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Emma Navarro vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-1, 6-1
• Jasmine Paolini beat Jule Niemeier (WC): 6-1, 7-5
• Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Mirra Andreeva (6): 6-3, 6-2
• Elise Mertens beat Diana Shnaider (8): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Jana Fett (Q): 6-2, 6-2