Coco Gauff destroyed Bencic and got an unprecedented milestone in Madrid Open

Historical day for Coco Gauff (No. 4 of the WTA ranking) In Madrid Open when defeating with a crushing 6-4 and 6-2 to Belinda Bencic (42nd) to get into the quarterfinals of the contest. The great level of the American continues to consolidate it as a serious title candidate.

Victory meant that It will be for the first time in the rooms in this wta 1000one of the few in which he lacked to dispute this instance. The only one in the pending account is that of Miami, which he has not yet been able to access and will surely be his next objective in this statistic.

From beginning to end, The American showed a solvency that did not have the Switzerland. And that little by little was making the difference in the scorer, since with two breaks he managed to take over the first set, the same amount that he got in the second sleeve to seal the victory.

He was required from the bottom, with powerful shots as usual in it, but he was also very fast when he had to climb to the network to reduce spaces. This combo was the key to a resonant victory that will allow you to continue in the race in the Magic Box.

In the next round will face the Ukrainian Mirra Andreevawhich comes from defeating with another overwhelming 6-1 and 6-4 to Yuliia Starodubtseva. Both faced twice, in 2023, and two victories went to Gauff, in Roland Garros and in the US Open.

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