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Gauff won five consecutive games to go up 5-1 in the second
before struggling to close the victory. Osaka, the 2018 and 2020
U.S. Open champion, was playing in her first tournament since
falling in the second round at Wimbledon. She had been sidelined
recently due to an Achilles injury.
Next up for Gauff is a quarterfinal match against second-seeded
Paula Badosa of Spain.
In other Thursday action, Shelby Rogers delivered 10 aces and
won 76.5 percent of her first-serve points while rolling to a
6-1, 6-3 upset of top-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece.
Rogers had 16 winners and eight unforced errors and needed just
72 minutes to finish off Sakkari. Rogers will face fellow
American Amanda Anisimova in Friday's quarterfinals.
Fourth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus posted a 5-7, 6-1, 7-5
win over Caroline Dolehide, and No. 9 Veronika Kudermetova of
Russia beat American Claire Liu 6-2, 7-5.
Citi Open
Second-seeded Emma Raducanu of Great Britain saved nine of 13
break points while outlasting Colombia's Camila Osorio 7-6 (5),
7-6 (4) in the second round at Washington.
Raducanu and Osorio battled for two hours, 50 minutes in the
longest WTA straight-sets match of 2022. Raducanu will face
Liudmila Samsonova in the quarterfinals after the Russian
defeated Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
China's Xiyu Wang rallied for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Croatia's
Donna Vekic. The scheduled match between fourth-seeded Victoria
Azarenka of Belarus and Tereza Martincova of the Czech Republic
was postponed due to lightning in the area.
--Field Level Media
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