Guadalajara (Mexico), Oct 20 (EFE).- The Americans Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff ratified this Thursday their status as favorites in the Master 1,000 in Guadalajara by becoming the first classified to the quarterfinals.
Pegula, ranked fifth in the world, defeated Canadian Bianca Andreescu 6-4, 6-4, shortly after Gauff beat Italian Martina Trevisan 6-0, 6-3.
In a close match, Pegula confirmed the good moment of his tennis with 79 per cent of the points won with the first service. He created 14 break point opportunities, of which he converted four, enough to beat the persistent Andreescu.
Pegula, third favorite in the championship, will play the quarterfinals against the winner between the French Caroline García, sixth seed, and the American Sloane Sthepens, who will meet this afternoon.
Earlier, the promising 18-year-old Gauff beat Trevisan in a match in which she showed her best tennis under pressure, unlike her rival, who faltered at zero hour.
Coco, who won 75.7 per cent of first serve points, had nine break points against, of which she saved eight, unlike the Italian, who only emerged unscathed in one of five break point opportunities. caused by his rival.
In the phase of the eight best, this Friday Gauff will face the best between the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka and the American Madison Keys, who will face each other in the afternoon.
In another duel this Friday, the Russian Verónica Kuerdemetova, eighth player in the tournament, defeated the Lithuanian Jelena Ostapenko, twelfth seed, 6-4, 6-4, and will play in the next round with the winner between the Greek María Sakkari, seeded fourth, and American Danielle Collins.
This Friday the Russian Daria Kasatkina, seventh favorite, will play with her compatriot Anna Kalinskaya, and the Russian Liudmila Samsonova, who this Wednesday eliminated the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, second favorite, will go against the Czech Marie Bouzkova.
