Coco Gauff is continuing to build on recent successes, reaching her first grass court quarterfinal at the Berlin Open.

Gauff took down Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu 6-0, 6-4.

After taking the first set, she fought back from a break down in the second to take the match in straight sets. She managed to dispatch the world No. 76 in just 63 minutes.

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The 18-year-old has been on a tear of late, reaching her first Grand Slam final at the French Open. Her best finish on grass prior to this tournament was the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2019, when she was just 15 years old.

Gauff will next play Karolina Pliskova, a finalist at Wimbledon last year. Pliskova won their first-ever meeting earlier this year which was a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 marathon at the Madrid Open.

Ons Jabeur won her match, having to fight for the tie break to beat Alycia Parks 6-2, 7-6(8). She’ll next play Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the quarterfinals.

The No. 1 Minnesota Lynx land in Phoenix on Friday night, looking to secure a crucial Game 3 win against the No. 4 Mercury after seeing their best-of-five 2025 WNBA semifinals tie at one game apiece back home.

"Our response to [Phoenix] was a little bit uncharacteristic," Minnesota head coach Cheryl Reeve said after the Lynx blew a 20-point lead to cede Tuesday's Game 2. "We needed to go get buckets, and we had good opportunities. We weren't strong enough, we weren't tough enough."

"Nobody said this stuff was gonna be easy," she added.

Coming off just their third home loss all year, Minnesota's backs are now against the wall, forced to either take two games from the Mercury on the road or shoot for a decisive Game 5 back in Minneapolis.

The Lynx went 14-8 when traveling this year, nearly mirroring Phoenix's 15-7 home record — not to mention the Mercury's two postseason home wins that sent the defending champion New York Liberty packing in the first round.

Other than the strength and toughness noted by Reeve, a key to Minnesota's success on Friday will be avoiding the turnovers that led to their Tuesday downfall.

"It's frustrating, but it's a series," said Lynx forward Napheesa Collier. "So we need to go to Phoenix and take care of business."

How to watch Minnesota vs. Phoenix in the 2025 WNBA semifinals

The No. 4 Mercury will host the No. 1 Lynx for both of their weekend clashes in the 2025 WNBA semifinals, starting with Friday's Game 3 at 9:30 PM ET, airing live on ESPN2.

Game 4 will follow at 8 PM ET on Sunday, with live coverage of the clash airing on ESPN.

As the 2025 tennis calendar hits the home stretch, the WTA's finest will hit the hardcourt at the 1000-level China Open this week — with invites to November's WTA Finals on the line.

Top US players including world No. 3 Coco Gauff, No. 4 Amanda Anisimova, and No. 7 Jessica Pegula will begin their 2025 China Open campaigns when the tournament's Round of 64 starts late Thursday night.

Also aiming for the lion's share of the competition's nearly $9 million prize pool — including a winner's check over $1.1 million — are 2023 China Open champ No. 2 Iga Świątek, 19-year-old rising star No. 23 Victoria Mboko, and recent US Open semifinalist and fan favorite No. 14 Naomi Osaka.

The world No. 1, however, will miss this edition of the tournament, as back-to-back US Open champ Aryna Sabalenka withdrew due to "a minor injury" earlier this month.

As for the competition's reigning champion, Gauff will kick off both her title defense and the Round of 64 on Thursday, following up her 2024 success by winning her second career Grand Slam at the 2025 French Open in June.

"I think winning the French Open helped me take that weight off," Gauff told reporters about the pressure of defending her 2024 trophy. "I definitely feel a lot lighter. It feels like a practice tournament."

How to watch the 2025 China Open

The Round of 64 at the 2025 China Open kicks off with Gauff taking on No. 89 Kamilla Rakhimova at 11 PM ET on Thursday.

All tournament matches will stream live on the Tennis Channel.

The PWHL is gearing up for a blockbuster third season, with the pro hockey league reporting surging season ticket sales across all markets — and 2025/26 expansion sides Seattle and Vancouver are leading the charge.

PWHL executive board member Stan Kasten told Sports Business Journal last week that each of the new teams amassed more than 5,000 season ticket deposits for the 2025/26 campaign as of May, fueling growth throughout the emerging league.

"In every city this year — every city — we have sold more season tickets than we had last year," Kasten said. "The two expansion teams we added this year are just the two leaders of what is going to become a movement. We are going to be adding more teams much sooner than other people thought because the demand is there, the players are there."

The league is also banking on the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics to boost interest, with more than 50 current PWHL players expected to take the global stage in Italy this February.

"I expect it to be a really important milestone for us," Kasten said of the Winter Games earlier this summer. "It should be a really special time for our league, and I hope a launchpad for the next phase of our development."

The Black Women's Player Collective (BWPC) is making moves, with the organization announcing plans to co-host a first-of-its-kind national showcase for top-ranked Black women's soccer athletes this November.

In partnership with Allstate and Black Star, the BWPC's Next Wave National Showcase will take over the Texas campus of HBCU Prairie View A&M from November 22nd to 25th.

The new BWPC program will feature 20 to 30 of the country's best Black high school soccer players, with the showcase looking to help bridge the professional gap left following the abolishment of the NWSL draft in the most recent CBA — much like the recently announced NWSL combines that will debut this December.

Founded by NWSL standouts in October 2020, the now-global non-profit aims to establish a talent pipeline to ensure diversity as the sport grows, with Black players currently making up 12% of the US pro league.

"We founded the BWPC with a clear mission: to create space and open doors within the existing soccer framework for girls whose skills, talent, and drive position them to compete at the highest level," BWPC board member and North Carolina Courage midfielder Brianna Pinto said in a press release. "As the first women's soccer organization to champion the growth of the game through the lens of diversity, we remain committed to partnering with others equally invested in advancing women's sports."