Coco Gauff eased past Lucia Bronzetti on Thursday to book a Cincinnati Open quarter-final meeting with Jasmine Paolini, although the American showed signs of some minor rust after receiving a bye in the previous round.

Gauff had got a free pass into the last 16 when intended opponent Dayana Yastremska withdrew before the start with injury.

But the 21-year-old put her relative lack of time on the court behind her as she won through 6-2, 6-4 against Bronzetti to reach the last eight, despite suffering early breaks of serve in both sets.

Gauff will be playing her third 1000-level quarter-final of the season after Madrid and Rome — both of which she went on to reach the final.

She will next meet the player who downed her in the Rome final, after Paolini brushed aside two-time Grand Slam ch

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