Coco Gauff defeated Magda Linette of Poland 6-0, 6-4 on Friday to go to the Wuhan Open quarterfinals. The American team won the match in one hour and twenty-four minutes, their ninth straight in China, and their second consecutive season with 50 victories overall.

In order to go to the Wuhan semifinals, where she would play either No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka or another Polish woman, Magdalena Frech, Gauff broke Linette’s serve four times.

Four of the five break points the Americans faced in the encounter were saved in the first set. In her opening service game, after breaking Linette to open the match, she scored three of those points.

“I’m rather pleased with my performance. Clearly a seamless opening set. Had opportunities to perhaps seal the deal in the second game, 5-3, but I’m glad I managed to seal it on my serve,” Gauff said.

She became the third American, after Venus Williams in 2015 and Alison Riske-Amritraj in 2019, to get to the Wuhan singles semifinals.

According to WTA statistics, the 20-year-old is the youngest player to win 50 or more WTA main-draw matches in back-to-back seasons since Caroline Wozniacki in 2009–2010. This year, she won two titles in the Olympics.