Coco Gauff progresses to US Open quarter-finals after taking out fellow American Iva Jovic

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Gauff[/a], seeded fourth this year, beat the 14th-seeded [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jovic-iva/bmWvBlnL/"]Jovic[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/gauff-c-f5BXmEH6/jovic-i-bmWvBlnL/?mid=Q3OBy5b5"]6-1, 6-4[/a] in 80 minutes.[/p][p]The match marked a rare instance in which two-time Grand Slam champion Gauff, still only 22, faced a younger American in the 18-year-old Jovic, who pushed Gauff in the second set after being routed in the first.[/p][p]"[b]She plays beyond her years,[/b]" Gauff said. [b]"I'm looking to many more battles out here[/b]."[/p][p]Gauff said she served "really well" and called the win, along with a second-round victory over Spain's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/badosa-paula/Wl76rX3I/"]Paula Badosa[/a], her best matches so far this year.[/p][p]Gauff has yet to lose a set so far in New York and has pointed to an improved serve as a source of confidence.[/p][p]"[b]I'm able to rely on a lot of different things to win points in many different ways, and I think that gives me a confidence,[/b]" Gauff said after Monday's match.[/p][p]Broken to open the contest, Gauff reeled off six straight games to take the first set.[/p][image alt="Match stats: Jovic vs Gauff" id="a7c78bee-ab44-4331-8843-7d84f1ba49d8" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="5bf7f414-3889-471f-9ca4-9938c379358f" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Gauff said some of the marathon rallies left her breathless, but she came out on top of them more often than not.[/p][p]Jovic picked up the pace in the second set, rushing the net behind strong shots to keep Gauff on the defensive.[/p][p]Their net exchanges won loud applause from fans, and Gauff finished the match with a surprise serve-and-volley ambush, landing a volley that Jovic couldn't put back in play.[/p][p]Gauff will next face French Open champion and fifth-seeded [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andreeva-mirra/lI6fOOat/"]Mirra Andreeva[/a] of Russia in the quarter-finals. Gauff has won all five of their prior meetings.[/p][p]Despite the strong record against Andreeva, Gauff noted that most of the matches have been close. In their last contest, Gauff defeated Andreeva 6-4 in the third set in the quarter-finals of Rome, shortly before Andreeva's Paris triumph.[/p][p]"[b]She's obviously in a different mindset now, at the top of the game, coming off a Grand Slam win,[/b]" Gauff said of the Russian. "[b]So I expect her to approach the match completely differently from in the past.[/b]"[/p]