US teenager Gauff reaches first Slam quarter-final at French Open

PARIS (AFP): Coco Gauff, 17, reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final on Monday with a straight sets victory over Tunisia's Ons Jabeur.

Gauff, seeded 24, swept to a 6-3, 6-1 win and takes on Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic for a place in the semi-finals.

In a composed performance on Court Philippe Chatrier, the American teenager broke her fellow former junior champion three times without facing a break point herself.