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French Open: Gauff Quells Alexandrova To Reach QF; Andreeva Saves Set Point Against Kasatkina
Second Seed Coco Gauff: Second Seed Coco Gauff and sixth-ranked Mirra Andreeva scored fighting wins in the women's singles Round of 16 to book quarterfinal places in the French Open here on Monday.
Gauff, the 21-year-old American, held off a determined attempt for a fightback by No. 20 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-0, 7-5 in 1 hour and 22 minutes to advance to her fifth consecutive Roland Garros quarterfinal.
In another Round of 16 clash, Andreeva, a semifinalist in Paris last year, overcame Australia's Daria Kasatkina, the 17th seed here, fought back from 5-3 down in the second set and saved one set point to advance 6-3, 7-5 and made her second Grand Slam quarterfinal.
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