Eastbourne Tournament | Gauff dismisses Pegula and will play the semis

(Paris) American Coco Gauff, 7^e world, qualified Thursday for the semi-finals of the Eastbourne grass-court tournament by dismissing her compatriot Jessica Pegula (4^e) 6-3, 6-3.

Gauff, who made a name for herself by beating Venus Williams in the first round of Wimbledon in 2019, had yet to win this year against a player from the top 10.

She will try to reach the final by facing another of her compatriots, Madison Keys (25^e), who dominated the Croatian Petra Martic (30^e) 6-4, 6-1.

Gauff and Pegula teamed up in doubles at Eastbourne where they qualified for the semi-finals.

The other semi-final will oppose the Russian Daria Kasatkina (11^e), who benefited from the abandonment of the French Caroline Garcia (5^e), Italian Camila Giorgi (67^e) also benefited from the abandonment of the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (17^e). Giorgi led a set to nil 7-6 (10/8).