Cincinnati Open: Gauff advances to last eight, defeating Bronzetti
Coco Gauff beat Lucia Bronzetti 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday evening and will play the winner of the match between Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 7 seed, and Czech Barbora Krejcikova in the next round

American Coco 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.
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