Surging Gauff blasts past Boulter to reach sweet 16 in Montreal

Sixth-seeded Coco Gauff, the champion at the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington D.C over the weekend, continued her fine form by notching a 6-2 6-2 takedown of Great Britain’s Katie Boulter on Wednesday in Montreal.

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Gauff, ranked No 7, will play the winner of the match between No 9 seed Marketa Vondrousova and Dane wildcard Caroline Wozniacki next.

The 19-year-old American has now won 41 of her last two matches against players ranked outside of the top 50, with her only such loss coming to Sofia Kenin at Wimbledon this year.

Let her cook 🍳

Fresh of a DC title, Gauff takes out Boulter 6-2, 6-2 to reach the third round where the winner of Wozniacki/Vondrousova awaits.#NBO23 pic.twitter.com/UJln4Q34UO

— Omnium Banque Nationale (@OBNmontreal) August 9, 2023

Boulter, ranked No 72, won against Canadian wildcard Rebecca Marino (6-3, 6-1) in the previous round of the Rogers Cup.

Montreal WTA 1000, other second-round results (Stade IGA, hard, USD 2.788.468, most recent results first):

• Petra Kvitova vs. Camila Giorgi
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Madison Keys
• Petra Martic vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Danielle Collins vs. Maria Sakkari
• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Karolina Muchova
• Jennifer Brady vs. Elena Rybakina
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Anna Blinkova vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Jessica Pegula vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Iga Swiatek vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Alycia Parks vs. Belinda Bencic: wednesday
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Sloane Stephens
• Marie Bouzkova beat Caroline Garcia (5): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2