Gauff hammers Seidel in Stuttgart

Coco Gauff needed just 57 minutes to thrash Ella Seidel 6-1 6-1 and book her spot in the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open on Thursday.

The world number four has been in disappointing form as of late but was a cut above her up-and-coming German opponent, who was perhaps feeling the effects of a marathon win over Tatjana Maria a day prior.

Gauff, ranked fourth in the world, broke her 20-year-old opponent on four occasions during a first set in which she dominated the pace and rallies.

There was little let-up in the second as the 21-year-old continued to dictate the match and routed her opponent en route to setting up a last-eight tie with fifth seed Jasmine Paolini.

Italian Paolini did not have it quite as easy but was still too good for Jule Niemeier in a 6-1 7-5 win.

Jessica Pegula won a sixth straight clay-court match for the first time in her career (five in Charleston and one in Stuttgart) with a 6-1 6-1 of Magdalena Frech.

6 - Jessica Pegula has won six consecutive WTA clay court main draw matches (five in Charleston and one in Stuttgart) for the first time in her career. Wink. #PorscheTennis | @WTA @PorscheTennis pic.twitter.com/Yxc5bSTGBj

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Ekaterina Alexandrova will be her opponent in the quarter-finals after the Russian upset sixth seed Mirra Andreeva 6-3 6-2.