{"id":1733,"date":"2023-10-05T12:25:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T16:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/coco-gauff-into-china-open-quarters-as-winning-streak-hits-15\/05\/10\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T12:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T16:25:13","slug":"coco-gauff-into-china-open-quarters-as-winning-streak-hits-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/coco-gauff-into-china-open-quarters-as-winning-streak-hits-15\/05\/10\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff into China Open quarters as winning streak hits 15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Coco Gauff<\/a> saved four set points before beating 16th-seeded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Veronika Kudermetova<\/a> 7-6 (5), 6-2 on Thursday in the third round of the China Open.<\/p>\n<p>The victory extended the third-ranked American&#8217;s winning streak to 15 matches, the longest on the WTA Tour this season and a span that includes the Cincinnati title and her US Open victory last month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really happy with how I&#8217;ve been able to manage,&#8221; Gauff said. &#8220;I had trouble finding the way I wanted to play in these conditions. I felt like the balls were flying in the first match and playing passive in the second. I&#8217;m really happy with how I&#8217;ve been able to troubleshoot and problem-solve. Today I played a good match overall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In the quarterfinals, Gauff will face sixth-seeded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Maria Sakkari<\/a>, who defeated local favorite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wang Xinyu<\/a> 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think she&#8217;s probably one of the most athletic players on tour, so I think it&#8217;s going to be tough,&#8221; Gauff said of Sakkari.<\/p>\n<p>Kudermetova led 5-4, 40-0 at the end of the first set. The 26-year-old Russian player had four set points in that game but was unable to convert.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, ninth-seeded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Caroline Garcia<\/a> beat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Anhelina Kalinina<\/a> 6-3, 6-2 and will next play second-ranked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Iga Swiatek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Top-seeded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> will play <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jasmine Paolini<\/a> later Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><hl2><strong>Shanghai Masters<\/strong><\/hl2><\/p>\n<p><hl2\/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gregoire Barrere<\/a> beat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/player\/_\/id\/4115\/nuno-borges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nuno Borges<\/a> 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the Shanghai Masters to set up a meeting with top-seeded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Stefano Napolitano<\/a>, who made the main draw after qualifying opponent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Marc Polmans<\/a> was defaulted for hitting the ball into the face of the chair umpire, lost to qualifier <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=4014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Beibit Zhukayev<\/a> 7-5, 7-5.<\/p>\n<p>Other winners included <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rinky Hijikata<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lorenzo Sonego<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/player\/_\/id\/3471\/aleksandar-vukic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Aleksandar Vukic<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=10052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Arthur Fils<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mikhail Kukushkin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/player\/_\/id\/10026\/chun-hsin-tseng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tseng Chun-hsin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The top 32 seeded players, including Alcaraz and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Daniil Medvedev<\/a>, received a first-round bye and will play in the second round Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/38572213\/coco-gauff-china-open-quarters-winning-streak-hits-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coco Gauff saved four set points before beating 16th-seeded Veronika Kudermetova 7-6 (5), 6-2 on Thursday in the third round of the<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a 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