ADELAIDE (Reuters) – Coco Gauff battled to a 6-3 5-7 6-3 win over unseeded Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk on the Adelaide International 2 WTA match on Wednesday to hitch 4 different Americans in the quarter-finals.
Madison Keys, Alison Riske, Madison Brengle and Lauren Davis additionally received their respective matches in the spherical of 16 earlier in the day to guide their spots in the quarter-finals which is able to happen on Thursday.
Gauff, who pushed world primary Ash Barty earlier than dropping their second-round assembly in the Adelaide International 1 occasion final week, raced forward 4-1 in the opening set in opposition to Kostyuk earlier than grabbing the early lead in the match.
Kostyuk raced to 5-3 in the second set and wasted three set factors to permit Gauff to attract degree, however dragged the conflict right into a decider when the third seed despatched a forehand huge.
A decisive break in the seventh recreation of the third set gave Gauff the higher hand once more and she or he held her nerve to prevail.
Earlier, former U.S. Open runner-up Keys hardly broke sweat in her 6-1 6-3 demolition of Czech Tereza Martincova whereas Riske was equally ruthless as she powered previous Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine by an analogous scoreline.
Brengle downed Swede Rebecca Peterson 6-3 6-2 whereas Davis was made to work onerous by Jasmine Paolini earlier than coming away with a 4-6 6-4 6-4 win.
Former French Open runner-up Marketa Vondrousova surrendered a match level in opposition to unseeded Croatian Ana Konjuh who accomplished a 4-6 6-2 7-6(3) victory in an epic Centre Court battle that lasted two hours and 21 minutes.
In the boys’s occasion, native hope Thanasi Kokkinakis withstood a barrage that included 23 aces from American John Isner earlier than sealing a 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-6(4) victory over the second seed to achieve the final eight.
Russian third seed Karen Khachanov overcame an early wobble to beat Italian Gianluca Mager 7-5 6-3.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Ana Nicolaci da Costa)
