In the quarterfinals of the WTA-1000 tournament in Indian Wells (USA), the 49th racket of the world, Chinese tennis player Yuan Yue, and the third racket of the world, Cori Gauff, representing the USA, met. The American won with a score of 6:4, 6:3.
The duration of the meeting was 1 hour 34 minutes. During this time, Yuan Yue did not make a single serve, made one double fault and converted three break points out of 10. Gauff had six aces, 17 double faults and five converted break points out of seven.
In the semi-finals, Gauff will play with the winner of the confrontation between the US tennis player, the 23rd racket of the world Emma Navarro and the Greek Maria Sakkari (ninth racket).
The Indian Wells tournament runs from March 6 to 17. The total prize fund in the women’s singles is $8.9 million. The current winner of the tournament is Kazakhstani tennis player Elena Rybakina, who beat Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus in last year’s decisive match.