No. 5 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova beat world No. 7 Coco Gauff 6-4 6-0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open. It was a difficult match for the American, who struggled with her returns and hit only 42% of her serves.
Ad She failed to match the Russian's forehand strength and especially struggled in the second set when she won only one point out of eight behind her second serve.
Roland-GarrosCorretja on Gauff's forehand and the need to find 'different solutions'07/06/2023 AT 17:57 Gauff went up 3-1 early on in the first set, but Alexandrova quickly responded by breaking her opponent's serve in the subsequent game.
From that point onward, she won all three of the match's prolonged and closely contested game-deciding points, taking the set in the end.