China Open: Gauff reaches quarter-finals, wins 15th match in a row

American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, reached the quarter-finals of the China Open by winning against Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 16 seed, 7-6 (5), 6-2 at National Tennis Center in Beijing on Thursday night.

This was Gauff’s 15th win in a row – the longest streak on the WTA tour this year.

Gauff, ranked No 3, will face the winner of the match between Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 6 seed, and Chinese Xinyu Wang next.

Ahead of her victory, the 19-year-old American defeated Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (7-5, 6-3) and edged out Croat Petra Martic (7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (2)).

Kudermetova, ranked No 16, won against Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko (3-6, 6-0, 6-0) in the previous round of the Beijing tournament.

Beijing WTA 1000, other last 16 results (National Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.127.389, most recent results first):

• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Maria Sakkari vs. Xinyu Wang
• Caroline Garcia (9) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-3, 6-2
• Elena Rybakina (5) beat Mirra Andreeva (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Magda Linette: 6-1, 6-1
• Liudmila Samsonova beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-5
• Jelena Ostapenko (13) beat Jessica Pegula (4): 6-4, 6-2