WTA Linz: Coco Gauff edges towards first WTA title after sending top seed Kiki Bertens packing

Updated 11/10/2019 at 19:09 GMT

Coco Gauff produced a brilliant display to beat top seed Kiki Bertens in straight sets and reach the Linz Open semi-finals in Austria.

Coco Gauff beim WTA-Turnier in Linz

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The 15-year-old, who will break into the world’s top 100 on the back of her run this week, beat world number eight Bertens 7-6(1) 6-4.

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Gauff is projected to rank 89th on Monday, although that will rise should she progress to the final.

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The American, who reached the second week at Wimbledon earlier this year, is now just two wins away from her first-ever WTA title having made her debut on Tour in March at the Miami Open.

She only qualified for this week’s tournament as a lucky loser after a late withdrawal from Maria Sakkari, but she now faces Andrea Petkovic for a place in the final.