It didn’t take long for Coco Gauff to secure her place in the French Open quarter-finals.
The 21-year-old beat Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-0, 7-5 inside 90 minutes on Monday and in the process has matched another long-standing record.
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Gauff would have breathed a sigh of relief when she served out the second set to secure her fourth-round win.
After breezing past Alexandrova 6-0 in the first set, her 20-year-old opponent fought back in the second, to give the American a little scare.
Although, Gauff was always in charge, winning five of her nine break points while Alexandrova could only convert one of nine.
Gauff’s win has also seen her become the youngest player to reach 5+ quarter-finals in the women’s singles side at a Grand Slam event since Venus Williams did back in 2001.
The World No.2 will now face a compatriot next with Madison Keys or former roommate and outsider Hailey Baptiste awaiting her.
“Yeah, it was tough I played well the whole match but she stepped up in the second set,” she said in her post-match interview.
“Overall I thought played great.”
“I move well on clay, I’m comfortable with sliding and moving on the surface, this is the most physical surface and I do well in that department”
The 2023 US Open champion’s consistency at this tournament is also one to behold.
Gauff’s reached five consecutive quarterfinals in Paris and is now the fourth youngest player to achieve such a feat.
Only older than Martina Hingis, Steffi Graf and Conchita Martinez.
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