Eastbourne International: Gauff thrashes Burrage, while Ostapenko beats Dart to reach last 16

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Coco Gauff makes a volleyCoco Gauff reached the 4th circular of Wimbledon erstwhile she was conscionable 15 years old

World fig 7 Coco Gauff thrashed Britain's Jodie Burrage to scope the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne International.

American Gauff proved a measurement up successful people for Burrage arsenic she overpowered her 6-1 6-1 successful precisely an hour.

Burrage mislaid 10 games successful a enactment against the fantabulous Gauff, who volition look doubles spouse Jessica Pegula next.

Later, Britain's Harriet Dart mislaid 6-3 6-4 successful a closely-fought brushwood against Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko.

Dart, different Briton who has produced immoderate bully grass-court results, fought hard against Birmingham Classic champion Ostapenko.

However, the 26-year-old Ostapenko was the amended of the 2 successful the unit moments to acceptable up a quarter-final against either Ons Jabeur oregon Camila Giorgi.

In the men's event, Britain's Liam Broady was beaten 6-2 6-4 by Mikel Ymer of Sweden.

All 3 Britons person been fixed wildcards for Wimbledon, which begins connected 3 July.

Burrage reached the last of the Nottingham Open astatine the commencement of the grass-court season, beating satellite fig 23 Magda Linette and French seasoned Alize Cornet connected the way.

However, she ever faced an uphill task against Gauff, who is 121 places supra her successful the satellite rankings and an fantabulous mover connected a writer court.

The American won 5 games successful a enactment to instrumentality the archetypal set, breaking Burrage's service aboriginal with a good backhand victor and consolidating her pb with a 124mph ace.

Burrage fought hard successful the archetypal crippled of the 2nd acceptable but a missed backhand handed Gauff the break, with the American reeling disconnected different 5 consecutive games.

Burrage yet got connected the committee for 5-1 arsenic Gauff struggled to service retired the match, but the Briton went agelong with a forehand connected lucifer constituent to manus Gauff victory.

"Jodie has had a mates of bully weeks connected writer and hopefully she tin person a bully clip astatine Wimbledon," Gauff, 19, said connected BBC Two.

"Being successful a municipality similar Eastbourne wherever you tin locomotion reminds maine of home. It's peaceful and I request that earlier getting into a Grand Slam."

Gauff volition look satellite fig 3 Pegula adjacent aft the American bushed Colombia's Camila Osorio 6-2 1-6 6-3.

Kasatkina advances but men's apical effect Fritz out

Earlier, Russian ninth effect Daria Kasatkina beat 2021 Wimbledon runner-up Karolina Pliskova 3-6 6-3 6-3 to scope the past 16.

Pliskova, who has struggled for consistency implicit the past year, was annoyed by a Kasatkina forehand that was not called retired astatine a decisive constituent successful the 3rd set.

She had led by a interruption successful the deciding acceptable but subsequently mislaid the constituent and her service to manus Kasatkina a 4-3 lead.

The Russian past broke service erstwhile again to acceptable up a quarter-final gathering with either French 2nd effect Caroline Garcia oregon Romanian qualifier Ana Bogdan.

Croatia's Petra Martic advanced aft eighth effect Beatriz Haddad Maia retired with unwellness erstwhile trailing 6-4 3-2, portion 2014 champion Madison Keys beat China's Wang Xinyu 6-2 7-6 (7-3).

However, defending champion and satellite fig 9 Taylor Fritz suffered a 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (10-8) nonaccomplishment to American compatriot Mackenzie McDonald.

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