Coco Gauff battles through inconsistencies to defeat Noskova after an erratic match at Cincinnati Open

Coco Gauff bounced back from a weak start and eliminated Linda Noskova from the Cincinnati Open, reaching the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 Western & Southern Open.

A match between two young female players featured 18-year-old Noskova and 19-year-old Gauff in the Cincinnati Open. The Czech player advanced through the qualifiers and secured notable victories over Liudmila Samsonova and the 9th seed Petra Kvitova, reaching the round of 16 in a WTA 1000 event for the first time in her career.

Coco Gauff, entering as the 7th seed, received a first-round bye and made her debut in the second round against Mayar Sherif, securing a convincing victory of 6-2, 6-2.

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An unusual first set unfolded, with Gauff managing to hold her service only once and Noskova failing to do so. With a score of 6-4 in favor of the American, nine out of ten games featured breaks of serve.

World No. 7 only won 35% of points with her first serve and 11% with her second serve. In Noskova's case, she won 59% of points with her first serve and just 14% with her second.

After a closely contested first set, Gauff entered the second set dominating from the beginning. This time, with an 88% success rate on her first serve and 71% on her second serve, Gauff started to take control with her own service and maintained her effectiveness on the return, securing a 6-0 victory, frustrating Noskova.

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This marks the fourth time this year that the former French Open finalist has reached the quarterfinals of a WTA 1000 event, although she has only progressed to the semifinals once, at the Dubai Open.

In the quarterfinals, Gauff will face Jasmine Paolini, the surprise of the tournament who advanced from the qualifiers and eliminated Marta Kostyuk and Cristina Bucsa to reach the third round.

There, she faced Elena Rybakina, who retired with a score of 6-4, 2-5, allowing the Italian to advance to her first quarterfinals in a WTA 1000 event and potentially reach her highest ranking, currently positioned at world No. 34 in the live rankings.

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Her 10th career 1000 quarterfinal 👏 @cocogauff defeats Noskova in two sets and now is the last American in the final 8. #CincyTennis

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