US Open 2023: Gauff outlasts Wozniacki to reach quarterfinals; Cirstea beats Bencic
The HinduAmerican teenager Coco Gauff ended Caroline Wozniacki’s U.S. Open comeback with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory to reach the quarterfinals on Sunday. “I have confidence in myself that I can go even further.” READ | US Open 2023, Day 8 Order of Play: Alcaraz, Jabeur in round of 16 action She next plays the winner of a late-night affair between Polish world number one Iga Swiatek and Latvian 20th seed Jelena Ostapenko. “To be out here on the court with her today was an honour.” Cirstea reaches first Grand Slam quarters in 14 years After 14 years of hard work Sorana Cirstea got her reward, returning to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time since 2009 with a 6-3, 6-3 upset of 15th seed Belinda Bencic at the U.S. Open. “Sooner or later if you put in the hard work, it comes.” The upset is just the latest in what has been a remarkable run for the Cirstea, who had already delivered one of the big Flushing Meadows shocks taking out fourth seed and 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in the third round.