Coco Gauff has admitted that the conditions in Rome made Monday's victory over Emma Raducanu an 'awkward' one. It certainly didn't look tricky for the American, as she dominated her British opponent to come away with a 6-1 6-2 victory and advance to the Italian Open quarter-finals.

Emma Raducanu exited the Italian Open at the last-16 stage after being outclassed in a straight-sets defeat by Coco Gauff. Raducanu was bidding to reach a second WTA 1000 quarter-final of 2025, having reached the last eight in Miami in March, but fourth seed Gauff won 6-1 6-2 in the battle of the former US Open champions.

Emma Raducanu takes on Coco Gauff in the Italian Open last-16 as two young stars battle for a place in the quarter-finals in Rome. Raducanu fought from behind to claim an impressive win over Veronika Kudermetova on Sunday,