{"id":295333,"date":"2023-10-06T11:39:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T11:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=295333"},"modified":"2023-10-06T11:39:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T11:39:30","slug":"coco-gauff-reaches-last-eight-of-china-open-and-takes-winning-run-to-15-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/coco-gauff-reaches-last-eight-of-china-open-and-takes-winning-run-to-15-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff reaches last eight of China Open and takes winning run to 15 matches"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coco Gauff extended her winning run to a season-leading 15 matches with victory over Veronika Kudermetova at the China Open.<\/p>\n
The US Open champion is bidding for a third successive title and saved four set points in the opener against last week\u2019s Tokyo champion Kudermetova before clinching a 7-6 (5) 6-2 win in Beijing.<\/p>\n
Gauff will next face sixth seed Maria Sakkari, who battled to a 6-4 2-6 6-3 victory over home hope Wang Xinyu.<\/p>\n
World number one Aryna Sabalenka is also through to the quarter-finals after seeing off unseeded Italian Jasmine Paolini 6-4 7-6 (4).<\/p>\n
That set up an Australian Open final rematch against fifth seed Elena Rybakina, who defeated 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Sabalenka won one of the matches of the season in Melbourne but lost to her rival in the Indian Wells final.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that I\u2019ll have some chances to win this match,\u201d said the top seed. \u201cIn the last match I lost, I got nervous a little bit and I rushed a little bit more. The key against Elena is just to stay calm, stay aggressive, and not over-rush things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ninth seed Caroline Garcia is also through to the last eight after defeating Anna Kalinina 6-3 6-2.<\/p>\n