Gauff cruises into Cincinnati third round

American Coco Gauff, the No 7 seed, defeated Egyptian Mayar Sherif 6-2, 6-2 to move into the second round of the Western & Southern Open at the Linder Tennis Family Center in Cincinnati on Thursday night.

Gauff, ranked No 7, will play qualifier Linda Noskova next.

In the previous round of the Cincy Open, Sherif, ranked No 33, edged out Chinese qualifier Xiyu Wang (7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (5)).

Cincinnati WTA 1000, other second-round results:

• Donna Vekic vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Ann Li (Q): 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
• Marie Bouzkova beat Elise Mertens: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
• Elena Rybakina (4) beat Jelena Ostapenko: 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-4
• Jasmine Paolini (Q) beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-1, 6-3
• Linda Noskova beat Petra Kvitova (9): 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng beat Venus Williams (WC): 1-6, 6-2, 6-1
• Karolina Muchova beat Petra Martic: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Maria Sakkari (8) beat Sorana Cirstea: 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Danielle Collins (WC): 6-1, 6-0
• Marketa Vondrousova (10) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-4, 6-2
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Martina Trevisan (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3
• Daria Kasatkina (14) beat Varvara Gracheva (LL): 6-3, 6-1
• Sloane Stephens beat Caroline Garcia (6): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Ons Jabeur (5) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (2)