Sawt Falasteen - Potapova upsets Gauff to reach Stuttgart last eight

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Potapova upsets Gauff to reach Stuttgart last eight / Photo: THOMAS KIENZLE - AFP

Potapova upsets Gauff to reach Stuttgart last eight

SPORTS 20.04.2023

Coco Gauff's French Open warm-up stalled on Thursday with last year's Roland Garros runner-up falling in the last 16 to Russian Anastasia Potapova in Stuttgart.

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Potapova harnessed her receiving game to dominate the American, winning 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the clay-court tournament.

World number six Gauff, who made it past Potapova's countrywoman Veronika Kudermetova in three sets despite an error-ridden second-round performance on Wednesday, converted none of her six break points against Potapova.

Potapova, ranked 24th, is competing in Stuttgart for the first time with the 22-year-old advancing to her fourth quarter-final of the year.

Earlier on Thursday, Czech former world number one Karolina Pliskova fought past Croatian Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/5).

Pliskova, who won at Stuttgart in 2018, dominated the first set but lost the second in a tie-break. She closed out victory in the third in another tie-break.

N.Awad--SF-PST

Sawt Falasteen - Potapova upsets Gauff to reach Stuttgart last eight

Potapova upsets Gauff to reach Stuttgart last eight

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