Katie Boulter was knocked out of the China Open following a straight-sets defeat to Coco Gauff in the third round. A battling performance saw Boulter test the world number six, but Gauff managed to snatch a tight first set before wrapping up victory in the second to win 7-5 6-2.

Katie Boulter is out of the China Open after suffering a straight-set defeat by Coco Gauff on Sunday. The British number one was beaten 7-5 6-2 by the world number six, who progresses to the fourth round in Beijing.

Coco Gauff reached the third round of the China Open by beating Clara Burel 7-5, 6-3 on Friday in her first match since the U.S. Open.

Katie Boulter's hopes of success at the China Open ran into a familiar roadblock in the shape of the world No.6 as Coco Gauff proved too good

Katie Boulter saw her hopes of progressing at the China Open ended by Coco Gauff with the American winning eight of the last 10 games; Watch all the ATP and WTA action on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+ which is integrated into Sky TV,

Boulter is coming off a defeat to No. 74-ranked Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, 5-7, 5-7, in the Round of 64 at the US Open. In the US Open (her previous tournament), Gauff was defeated in the Round of 16 by No. 12-ranked Emma Navarro, 3-6, 6-4, 3-6.

Jessica Pegula expected a tough match, and the second-seeded American got one in defeating Veronika Kudermetova 6-7 (9), 6-1, 6-2 in the third round of the China Open in Beijing on Sunday. It was Pegula's first career win in three attempts against Kudermetova, the 32nd seed, who beat the American in the Tokyo final in 2023.

Katie Boulter (No. 34 ranking) will take on Coco Gauff (No. 6) in the Round of 32 of the China Open on Saturday, September 28.Her most recent time out, Boulter fell to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 5-7,

In her last match on September 1, 2024, Gauff was defeated 3-6, 6-4, 3-6 versus Emma Navarro in the Round of 16 of the US Open. Over the past two years, in the lone match between Burel and Gauff (in the Round of 64 of the BNP Paribas Open), Gauff won 2-6, 6-3, 7-6.