Madrid Open: Gauff beats Bencic to reach last eight
Coco Gauff won against Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-2 on Monday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 7 seed, and Ukrainian qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva in the next round
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American Coco Gauff, the No 4 seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open by defeating Swiss Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-2 at the Caja Mágica on Monday.
Gauff, ranked No 4, will face the winner of the match between Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 7 seed, and Ukrainian qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva next.
The 21-year-old American edged out Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska (0-6, 6-2, 7-5) and won against Ann Li (6-2, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of the Madrid tournament, Bencic, ranked No 42, won against qualifier Zeynep Sonmez (6-0, 6-2), Dane Clara Tauson, the No 20 seed (7-5, 7-5) and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 16 seed (6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (2)).
Madrid WTA 1000, other last 16 results (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 7.854.000, most recent results first):
- Elina Svitolina vs. Maria Sakkari
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Peyton Stearns
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Madison Keys vs. Donna Vekic
- Diana Shnaider vs. Iga Swiatek
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva: monday
