Berlin Open: Gauff into quarter-finals

American Coco Gauff, the No 7 seed, won against Chinese qualifier Xinyu Wang 6-0, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Thursday afternoon.

Gauff, ranked No 13, will play Czech Karolina Pliskova, the No 4 seed, next.

The 18-year-old American beat Ann Li (6-2, 7-6 (2)) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round, Wang, ranked No 76, edged out German qualifier Tamara Korpatsch (3-6, 6-3, 6-4).

Berlin WTA 500, other second-round results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 611.210, most recent results first):

• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Belinda Bencic (8) beat Anna Kalinskaya (WC): 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
• Ons Jabeur (1) beat Alycia Parks (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (8)
• Maria Sakkari (2) beat Daria Saville (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Andrea Petkovic: 6-4, 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (6) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
• Karolina Pliskova beat Bianca Andreescu: 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7)