Prime seed Coco Gauff progressed to the quarterfinals of the Auckland Basic with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over fellow teenager Brenda Fruhvirtova on Thursday.
Reigning US Open champion Gauff dropped her first service recreation and confronted two break factors on her third earlier than dominating the remainder of the match towards Fruhvirtova, the 16-year-old qualifier from Czech Republic.
“I believed that I performed nicely,” Gauff mentioned on court docket after her win.
“[Fruhvirtova] began off taking part in rather well, and I used to be in a position to elevate my stage. I believed I served nicely and did higher on the returns, and I feel I performed an incredible match at present.”
Gauff, who’s defending her title on the WTA 250 occasion, subsequent takes on World No. 42 Varvara Gracheva.
Within the different half of the draw, seventh seed Petra Martic of Croatia beat China’s Yue Yuan 6-2, 6-2 and can play the winner of the match between quantity two seed Elina Svitolina and Emma Raducanu.
Former US Open champion Raducanu has slipped to 301 on this planet after being sidelined by harm for the previous eight months.