WTA Roundup: Coco Gauff Cruises Into Quarterfinals

Coco Gauff of the United State in action during her round of 16 match against Britain's Jodie Anna Burrage at the Rothesay Eastbourne International tennis tournament in Eastbourne, southern England, on June 28, 2023. (Paul Childs/Action Images via Reuters)

Fifth-seeded Coco Gauff needed 59 minutes to advance while No. 4 Ons Jabeur was eliminated in the second round of the Rothesay International on Wednesday in Eastbourne, England.

Gauff defeated Brit Jodie Burrage 6–1, 6–1 to advance to the quarterfinals, where she will play fellow American Jessica Pegula. The No. 3 seed needed three sets to dispatch Camila Osorio 6–2, 1–6, 6–3.

Jabeur was bounced in 72 minutes by unseeded Italian Camila Giorgi 6–3, 6–2. Second-seeded Carolina Garcia easily defeated Ana Bogdan 6–3, 6–4.

No. 8 Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil was forced to retire in the second set of her match. Petra Martic, who moves on, was leading 6–4, 4–2.

Ninth-seeded Daria Kasatkina, Jelena Ostapenko, and Madison Keys also advanced.

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Top seed and World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland cruised into the quarterfinals with a 6–3, 6–1 victory over Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann in Germany.

Swiatek will face Anna Blinkova, a 7–5, 6–2 winner over Leylah Fernandez of Canada.

Italian Lucia Bronzetti rallied to a 1–6, 7–6 (2), 6–3 win over No. 4 Mayar Sherif of Egypt.

Also, Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic advanced, 6–2, 6–4 over Russian Evgeniya Rodina.