No. 2 seed Coco Gauff held off a determined fightback attempt by No. 20 seed Ekaterina Alexandrovatyo advance to her fifth consecutive Roland Garros quarterfinal 6-0, 7-5 in 1 hour and 22 minutes.
The 21-year-old lost in the second round to Martina Trevisan on her main-draw debut in 2020, but has made at least the last eight in Paris every year since — including a run to her first Grand Slam final in 2022. Gauff advances to her ninth major quarterfinal overall.
Having compiled a 13-5 record on hard courts through the first three months of 2025, Gauff has continued to find her groove on clay, where she is now 15-3 and counting this season after making back-to-back finals…