Cincinnati Open: Gauff advances to last eight, defeating Bronzetti

American Gauff, the second seed, defeated Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-2, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Thursday, in the opening match of the day.

“For the most part I played aggressive”, she said. “Maybe I got a bit passive in some of those games. But it’s tough. The balls are super light and they fly. She wasn’t giving me much pace. I was trying to play with control but also aggressive. For the most part I think I did well. I had chances in a couple of those games. I missed a couple balls. But I learned from it and was able to close it out.”

Gauff, ranked No 2, will face the winner of the match between Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 7 seed, and Czech Barbora Krejcikova next.

Cincinnati WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 5.152.599, most recent results first):

• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Magda Linette
• Ella Seidel vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Anna Kalinskaya (28) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (12): 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-1, 7-5
• Elena Rybakina (9) beat Madison Keys (6): 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (3) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-4, 6-3