Mertens beats Gauff to set up Swiatek clash at China Open
Elise Mertens advanced after breaking Coco Gauff’s serve four times and finishing with an ace in 78 minutes.
- On Wednesday, 19th-ranked Elise Mertens defeated fourth-ranked Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-3 at the China Open in Beijing, advancing to the quarterfinals.
- Gauff entered the match a day after reporting she received an "insane" amount of online racist abuse following her controversial Monday victory against Sun Xinran.
- Despite winning all five previous matchups against Mertens, Gauff dropped her serve four times and struggled with misjudged shots; the Belgian secured victory in 78 minutes with a final ace.
- Reaching her first quarterfinal at a WTA 1000 event in five years, Mertens dedicated the victory to her coach, who is also her boyfriend.
- Mertens advances to face six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek in the next round, who defeated 18-year-old Iva Jovic 6-1, 6-3 in her quarterfinal match.
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Mertens beats Gauff to set up Swiatek clash at China Open
Beijing, 7 Oct (EFE).- The Belgian Elise Mertens (n.19) defeated on Wednesday the American Coco Gauff (n. 4), third favorite and champion of 2024, by 6-3 and 6-3 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Chinese Open, after losing her previous five clashes. In an hour and twenty minutes on the hard track [...] The Mertens entrance eliminates Gauff and meets Swiatek in Beijing quarters was first published in HolaNews.
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The Daily ItemCoco Gauff loses after citing an 'insane' wave of racist abuse following previous match in Beijing
BEIJING (AP) — Coco Gauff lost to a player she had beaten in all five of their previous matchups after receiving what she described as an “insane” amount of racist comments on social media following a controversial point in the preceding round. The 19th-ranked Elise Mertens beat the fourth-ranked Gauff 6-3, 6-3 to reach the
Iga Swiatek made only one bite in Beijing on Wednesday for the young American Iva Jovic (6-1, 6-3) to qualify for her 31st quarter final in WTA 1000. On the other hand, Poland will not find Coco Gauff, then swept away by Elise Mertens (6-3, 6-3).
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