Bett1 Open: Coco Gauff takes her place in pre-quarters; Maria Sakkari enters last-8

Coco Gauff began her Bett1 Open campaign with a win over fellow American, Ann Li in their round-of-32 clash on Wednesday. The seventh seed needed an hour and 32 minutes to win 6-2, 7-6(2).

Gauff won 71% of her first-serve points to Liā€™s 50% and 51% of her second-serve points to the latterā€™s 45%. Gauff converted three break points on Liā€™s serve and saved five break points herself. In the second round, Gauff will play Xinyu Wang.

Bett1 Open: Ekaterina Alexandrova exits

Meanwhile, among the second-round matches that were played, second seed Maria Sakkari advanced to the quarter-finals.

The Greek defeated Daria Saville, 6-1, 7-5 in an hour and 30 minutes. Sakkari won 81% of her first-serve points to Savilleā€™s 52% and almost 78% of her second-serve points to the latterā€™s 48%. Sakkari lost her serve just once in the match but went on convert four break points on the Australianā€™s serve.

Analysing the match after her win, Sakkari noted, ā€œI think the first set was almost perfect for me. Not many unforced errors, I was very aggressive, (and) I was serving really well. I think that (Saville) stepped up her game, she started playing betterā€¦ It was a very close second set. I stayed focused when I had to, and Iā€™m very glad (about) the way I played.ā€

In the quarter-finals, Sakkari will play sixth seed Daria Kasatkina. Kasatkina came from a set down to defeat the Libema Open champion, Ekaterina Alexandrova, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 in an hour and 54 minutes.

Fourth seed Karolina Pliskova also needed three sets to get past Bianca Andreescu in their round-of-16 clash. The Czech needed two hours and 11 minutes to claim a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(7) win and will next play the winner of the Wang-Gauff clash.

Lastly, Aliaksandra Sasnovich also movedĀ the quarters of the Bett1 Open. Sasnovich got past Andrea Petkovic, 6-4, 6-4 in an hour and 37 minutes. She will play either the top-seeded Ons Jabeur or Alycia Parks next.Ā