Coco Gauff (AP Photo / Christophe) Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva secured their seats in the French Open quarterfinals with a hard victory in Paris. Gauff the second deployed defeated No. 20 Ekaterina Alexander 6-0, 7-5, while Andreeva the sixth evaluation exceeded No. 17 Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 7-5.Gauff, a 21 -year -old American, finished her match in 1 hour and 22 minutes to advance to her fifth consecutive quarterfinals by Roland Garros. She dominated the first set before she could withstand the stronger challenge in the second.Andreeva, at the age of 18, created history by becoming the youngest player who reached the quarterfinals back in Roland Garros by Martin Hingis in 1997-98. She maintained an impressive form, she didn’t throw a set or admitted more than five games in any set during her tournament run.Gauff reached another milestone and became the fourth highest player in the open era to reach five direct quarterfinals at the French Open. She joined the elite group including Martin Hingis, Stefanie Graf and Conchita Martínez.
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The American journey in Roland Garros began the second round to Martina Trevisan in 2020, but since then it has reached at least a quarterfinal, including the final of the Grand Slam in 2022.This means Gauff’s ninth main quarterfinal overall. This season she showed a consistent form with a record of 13-5 in hard courts and after reaching the finals in Madrid and Rome, it is now 15-3 on clay.Quiz: Who is the IPL player?In her match against Alexander, Gauff dominated the opening set and her opponent made 15 unforced errors against only three winners. Alexander gained only five points in the first five games, although Gauff needed seven deuces in the sixth game to secure the set.The second set proved to be more competitive when Alexander increased its level and recovered from the break -up. Gauff, however, ended strong and won 12 out of the last 16 points.Despite some challenges with her forehand and facing breaking points in the fourth game, Gauff secured a major break for 4-3 with two Backhand winners. Although Alexandra was fighting with impressive forehands, she could not earn on gauff double errors at 5-4.Gauff now holds a 4-1 head to the head above Alexander and will face either the seeds no.Andreeva will continue his campaign against Seeds 3 Jessica Pegula or Wild Card Lois Boisson in the quarterfinals.
