Coco Gauff storms safely into the quarterfinals

Coco Gauff (USA) continues to rock the bett1open. On Thursday, she advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6:0, 6:4 win over Xinyu Wang (China).

However, a very strong opponent awaits her there in Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic). Barbara Rittner, the tournament director of the bett1open, said, “With her smooth, precise strokes, Pliskova is totally unpleasant to play even on grass for any opponent.”

On the other hand, to the spectators it appeared very pleasant that Gauff ended her duel with Wang so quickly that the fans ran straight from the Steffi Graf Stadium over to court one. Sabine Lisicki, the only German left in the tournament, was playing doubles alongside Bianca Andreescu for a place in the semifinals.