American tennis talent Coco Gauff, the world’s number two, advanced to the third round of the WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open tennis tournament after easily beating Wang Xinyu of China by 2-0 (6:3, 6:2). In the next round she will face the 32nd-seeded Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine), who defeated Viktoriya Tomova (Bulgaria) by 2-1 (6:4, 2:6, 6:2).
The 7th-seeded Jasmine Paolini (Italy) also advanced to the next round of the hard-court tournament, defeating Maria Sakkari (Greece) in a tight match after two tiebreaks – 2-0 (7:6(2), 7:6(5)). In the Round of 32, she will face American player Ashlyn Krueger, who defeated Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) by 2-1 (6:4, 0:6, 6:3).
Russian Veronika Kudermetova also advanced to the third round, defeating Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic by 2-0 (6:4, 7:6(0)) and in the next round will face Clara Tauson (Denmark).
Magda Linette of Poland also advanced to the next round, defeating Rebecca Sramkova (Slovakia) by 2-0 (7:6(4), 6:0).
Ella Seidel (Germany) served one of the biggest surprises of the day, eliminating the 8th-seeded Emma Navarro (USA) by 2-1 (6:4, 1:6, 6:4) in more than 2 hours and 15 minutes on the court.
