Coco Gauff reached the third spherical of the French Open for the primary time because the 17-year-old American battled previous China’s Wang Qiang 6-3 7-6(1) on Thursday.
Gauff eased by means of the opening set after leaping out to a 3-0 lead however didn’t have issues her personal means after that towards the participant she beat to win the Parma title final month.
Former world quantity 12 Qiang served for the second set at 5-3 however was damaged after which had a set level on the Gauff serve after the American double-faulted.
But Twenty fourth-seeded Gauff confirmed nice resilience to take the set into a tiebreak that she by no means regarded like dropping.
After two straight-sets wins she’s going to now face both Fiona Ferro or fellow American Jennifer Brady within the final 32.
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