The in-form Coco Gauff is continuing her good run of results and now she faces Magda Linette as they compete for a place in the semi-finals in Wuhan
RANKING POINTS: WTA 1000
START DATE/TIME: Friday 11th October, 2024, UK – not before 5:15am / US ET – not before 0:15am / Thursday 10th October, US PT – not before 9:15pm
VENUE: Optics Valley International Tennis Centre
SURFACE: Outdoor hard
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – Sky Sports Tennis / US – Tennis Channel
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – Sky Go / US – Tennis Channel
COCO GAUFF VS MAGDA LINETTE PREDICTION
Coco Gauff is reaping the benefits of taking a break after the US Open as she has won the China Open and is progressing through the rounds nicely in Wuhan now. She won her opening match against Viktoriya Tomova 6-1 6-2 and then made light work of 13th-seed Marta Kostyuk 6-4 6-1 in the round of 16.
She is playing with great confidence and belief right now which is being shown in the way she is playing her shots and executing. She now meets Poland’s Magda Linette who she has played once before back in 2021 and beat in three sets.
Linette is playing well right now and she was looking good at the China Open also as she picked up a stunning 6-4 6-0 win over Jasmine Paolini last week. That form has continued in Wuhan this week as she has already beaten two seeds in Liudmila Samsonova and Daria Kasatkina.
Linette is in unchartered territory here as this is her first career WTA 1000 quarter-final appearance. She will be desperate to go further but she is meeting Coco at a time when she is playing something close to her best tennis. It is hard to go against Coco Gauff right now and she simply has to be favoured to win but do not rule out Linette pushing her all the way and take a set.
COCO GAUFF VS MAGDA LINETTE TIP: COCO GAUFF TO WIN