Coco Gauff claimed a 6-2, 6-4 win over Lucia Bronzetti to reach the quarter-finals of the Open on Thursday, with the second seed’s game showing some minor rust after a bye in the previous round.

Lucia Bronzetti dropped her opening service game in the second set, but immediately struck back, breaking Gauff to love and putting the contest on course for a potential deciding set

Coco Gauff returned to her second Cincinnati Open quarterfinal with a straight-sets win over Lucia Bronzetti, while Jasmine Paolini advanced past an ailing Barbora Krejcikova.