Second-seeded American Coco Gauff continued her strong performance in the Cincinnati Open with a 6-2, 6-4 fourth-round victory over Lucia Bronzetti of Italy Thursday in Mason, Ohio.

In her first match in four days thanks to a third-round walkover, Gauff was at her best in the biggest moments of the match. She converted 5 of 7 break-point opportunities and won 57.9 percent of her second-serve points (11 of 19).

Bronzetti, an unseeded competitor who pulled off a pair of upsets over top-25 seeds in Australia's Daria Katsakina and Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko to reach the Round of 16, won just 22.2 percent (6 of 27) of her second-serve points against Gauff.

"For the most part, I played aggressive. Maybe got a bit passive in some of those games. But it's tough. The balls are super light and the

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