TORONTO (AP) — Top-seeded Coco Gauff routed Yafan Wang 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday in the second round of the National Bank Open.
Preparing for her US Open title defense, Gauff played her first hard-court match since the Miami Open in April.
"It's not easy transitioning from all these different surfaces in such a short amount of time," said the 20-year-old American, coming off a third-round loss on clay in the Paris Olympics. "Happy to get pushed through."
In the night session, second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka, the Australian Open winner, beat Yue Yuan 6-2, 6-2.
"I wouldn't say that I played my best tennis," Sabalenka said. "Really happy that I was able to stay focused no matter what."