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Gauff saved three set points in the first set
before cruising in the second to finish the match in 80 minutes.
She advanced to face eighth-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, who
posted a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 victory over Linda Noskova of the
Czech Republic.
Also winning Thursday were No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka of
Belarus, No. 3 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan and No. 4 Jessica
Pegula. Sabalenka notched a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Daria
Kasatkina of Russia, Rybakina secured a 6-4, 7-5 win over
Veronika Kudermetova of Russia, and Pegula seized a 6-4, 7-5
triumph over Donna Vekic of Croatia.
Russian Anna Kalinskaya won her match with Marketa Vondrousova
after the fifth-seeded Czech retired due to a right hip injury.
Also, Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic notched a 6-4,
6-4 win over China's Qinwen Zheng.
Rothesay Classic
Second-seeded Czech Barbora Krejcikova secured a 6-3, 6-4 win
over Great Britain's Harriet Dart in a second-round match in
Birmingham, England.
Unseeded Caroline Dolehide notched a 6-3, 3-0 win over
fifth-seeded Elise Mertens after the Belgian retired due to
injury.
Russian Diana Shnaider seized a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over No. 8 seed
Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Repiublic, while Yulia Putintseva of
Kazakhstan coasted to a 6-3, 6-0 win over Anhelina Kalinina of
the Ukraine.
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