The American Coco Gauff needed three rounds to eliminate Veronika Kudermetova and qualify in the round of 16 in Montreal.
Coco Gauff ended up having the last word. The American, 2nd world player and seeded n ° 1, qualified for the knockout stages of the Montreal WTA tournament in Canada, on hard, after having overturned the Russian Veronika Kudermeto, 42nd world player, in three rounds (4-6, 7-5, 6-2) and 2:35 of play. In the first round, the American had nevertheless succeeded. Finally, Coco Gauff then gave up his last two players and the Channel, concluded by the Russian on his second set (6-4).
In the second round, the 2nd world player has lost its entry service. At 2-3, the seeded n ° 1 has rocked, before taking a final service to his opponent of the day, at the best of moments, and more precisely at 5-6, to conclude and equalize to a round everywhere (7-5). Finally, in the third and last round, the Russian lost a first entry service, then a second at 5-2, to allow its competitor again to conclude and this time validated this victory (6-2).
Navarro with the hatch
During the next round, the American will face the Canadian Victoria Mboko, 85th world player and beneficiary of a Wild Card, who offered the Scalp of the Czech Marie Bouzkova, 39th world player, in three rounds (1-6, 6-3) and 1h52 of play. Like Coco Gauff, other heads are passed. This is the case, for example, of the Kazakhe Elena Rybakina, 12th world player and seeded n ° 9, who released the Romanian Jaqueline Cristian, 52nd world player, in two rounds (6-0, 7-6 (5)) and 1h23 of play. Her next opponent will be the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, 35th world and head of the American. Emma Navarro, 11th world player and seeded n ° 8, in two sets (7-5, 6-4) and 1h43 of play.
