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Coco Gauff defeated Varvara Gracheva of France in straight sets to advance to the ASB Classic semi-finals. The 19-year-old American put on a total show against her erroneous opponent, smashing 13 winners and slamming down five aces to secure her spot in the final four. Gauff commented, “I thought I served well,” following her third victory of the year. 24hscore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Coco Gauff defeated Varvara Gracheva 6-1, 6-1 on Friday in Auckland, to easily advance to the ASB Classic semi-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The current US Open winner has won eight straight games in Auckland and has not lost a set throughout that span. On Saturday, she will take on Emma Navarro, the fourth-seeded player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After a rain-delayed start to the match, Gauff, who is defending her championship in New Zealand, easily defeated her opponent, Gracheva, in just 53 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before Gracheva maintained her service for the first time, Gauff jumped out to a 3-0 lead. However, the American won the opening set in 33 minutes because her first serve, along with her strength and accuracy from the baseline, proved to be too much for the Frenchwoman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Similar patterns emerged in the second set as Gauff established a 4-0 lead. Gauff converted five of seven break points, but Gracheva’s number of unforced errors kept going up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By converting her third match point, the world No. 3 guaranteed her berth in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n