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Pallade Veneta - Potapova upsets Gauff to reach Stuttgart last eight

Potapova upsets Gauff to reach Stuttgart last eight

SPORTS 20.04.2023
Potapova upsets Gauff to reach Stuttgart last eight
Potapova upsets Gauff to reach Stuttgart last eight / Photo: THOMAS KIENZLE - AFP

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.

I.Saccomanno--PV

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