Coco Gauff overcomes resilient Naomi Osaka to reach quarter-finals at San Jose

Coco Gauff showed her mettle to overcome former world no.1 Naomi Osaka to reach the San Jose quarter-finals, winning 6-4 6-4 at the WTA 500 event. After an edgy start and being 2-1 down, Gauff went on a blistering run to win 10 of the next 13 games and win the first set 6-4, before going into a 5-1 lead in the second. Ad/> Osaka showed her class though, and was able to recover from seven match points, but Gauff ultimately prevailed on the eighth to win the match after an hour and two minutes of play.

WTA Washington'I want to see what she's going to bring' — Osaka relishing facing 'mature' GauffA DAY AGO The defeat raises more questions about four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka, who has struggled to maintain a degree of consistency while on the WTA tour. All four of her majors were won in different years and she only has three other career titles to her name. As for Gauff, this victory continues the upward trajectory in her promising career after showing impressive consistency in the last 18 months.

She came within one victory from winning her first Grand Slam in June, only to lose out to current world no.1 Iga Swiatek. 'Complete lunacy' — Isner blasts Djokovic's US Open absence due to vaccination status 'Died three times' — Raducanu wins marathon in the heat against Osorio to reach quarter-finals After the victory over Osaka, she said: «Yeah, I'm super pleased. I mean, a straight set win against a champion like her is never easy and I'm glad that I was able to do that.

“I'm still feeling the nerves. I know, it's a smaller tournament, but I feel that when I play her. I feel that we both want it and that's I just what I enjoy about playing against her.