Top seed Barty to meet Gauff in Italian Open quarters Thu 13th May 2021 | 05:30 PM Rome, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th May, 2021 ) :World number one Ashleigh Barty eased into the quarter-finals of the Italian Open on Thursday with a straight sets win over Russian Veronika Kudermetova. The top-seeded Australian won through 6-3, 6-3 to set up a clash with US teenager Coco Gauff who earlier ousted Madrid winner Aryna Sabalenka. Barty, 25, lost to Sabalenka in last weekend's Madrid final and is warming-up for the French Open which she won in 2019. Belarus' Sabalenka, the world number four and seventh seed, fell 7-5, 6-3 to the 17-year-old Gauff, ranked 35, who reached her fourth quarter-final of the year.