Coco Gauff played aggressively throughout to advance to the last four at the clay-court tournament for the third time.

American Coco Gauff defeats Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva in straight sets to march into the semi-finals of the Italian Open.

World number three Coco Gauff quelled the challenge of seventh seed Mirra Andreeva with a 6-4 7-6(5) victory on Wednesday to reach the Italian Open semi-finals for a second successive year.Gauff, who will take on either world number one Aryna Sabalenka or eighth seed Zheng Qinwen in the last four,