Alison riske

Coco Gauff: Coco Gauff marched into Wuhan Open semifinals with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Poland's Magda Linette on Friday. The 1 hour and 24-minute victory marked the American's ninth straight match win in China and overall 50 wins for the second straight season.

Gauff broke Linette's serve four times to reach the semifinals in Wuhan, where she will face either No.1 seed Aryna Sabalenka or another Polish player, Magdalena Frech.

The American saved all five break points she faced in the match, four of which came in the first set. Three of those came in her first service game: Having already broken Linette to start the match.