Fifth-seeded Coco Gauff needed 59 minutes to advance while No. 4 Ons Jabeur was eliminated in the second round of the Rothesay International on Wednesday in Eastbourne, England.
Gauff defeated Brit Jodie Burrage 6–1, 6–1 to advance to the quarterfinals, where she will play fellow American Jessica Pegula. The No. 3 seed needed three sets to dispatch Camila Osorio 6–2, 1–6, 6–3.
Jabeur was bounced in 72 minutes by unseeded Italian Camila Giorgi 6–3, 6–2. Second-seeded Carolina Garcia easily defeated Ana Bogdan 6–3, 6–4.
No. 8 Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil was forced to retire in the second set of her match. Petra Martic, who moves on, was leading 6–4, 4–2.
Ninth-seeded Daria Kasatkina, Jelena Ostapenko, and Madison Keys also advanced….