Teenagers Coco Gauff and Leylah Fernandez charged into the quarterfinals of the French Open on Sunday, continuing their march through a depleted field.
Gauff, seeded 18th, and Fernandez, the 17th seed, are the highest remaining seeds in their half of the draw. The tournament at Roland Garros in Paris has only two higher-seeded players remaining -- No. 1 Iga Swiatek and No. 11The 18-year-old Gauff qualified for her second French Open quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-0 romp over Elise Mertens of Belgium, the 31st seed.
In the quarterfinals, Gauff will meet the winner of Sunday's late match between fellow American Sloane Stephens and Jil Teichmann of Switzerland, the No. 23 seed. Fernandez jumped to a 4-0 lead in the first set and held on to win despite dropping serve twice in the set. But Anisimova picked up momentum and struck 18 winners in the second set to win and tie the match.