BBC Sport · Jun 2, 2025
Gauff sails into French Open quarter-finals
Image caption, Coco Gauff is through to her ninth major quarter-finalWorld number two Coco Gauff continued her pursuit of a first French Open singles title with another impressive straight-set victory to reach the quarter-finals.
The American, 21, dismantled Russian 20th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-0 7-5 in Paris.
The opening set lasted just 29 minutes, with Gauff dropping just five points across the first five games.
It is the fifth consecutive year that 2022 runner-up Gauff has reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros.
She will face the winner of the all-American fourth-round meeting between Australian Open champion Madison Keys and Hailey Baptiste.