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Top seed Coco Gauff into ASB Classic semis

Again playing indoors as the Auckland rain continues, world No 7 Coco Gauff wrapped up a 6-3 6-2 quarterfinal win over China's Lin Zhu on Friday.

RNZ reports Gauff, making her debut at the New Zealand event, was yet to drop a set in her three matches.

The young American would face a semifinal against the winner of the second quarterfinal between seventh seed Danka Kovinich of Montenegro and Slovakia's Viktoria Kuzmova.

The biggest threat to Gauff's title aspirations now appeared to be third seed Leylah Fernandez.