Tennis Tracker: Swiatek cruises past Jovic in Beijing as Gauff takes to court

[p][b]09:00 CET - [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Iga Swiatek[/a] was in no mood to mess around in Beijing as the eighth seed saw off the 10th seed and rising star [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jovic-iva/bmWvBlnL/"]Iva Jovic[/a] in straight sets to confirm her place in the quarter-finals. It was a dominant display by the Pole and whilst an almost one-hour second set was a lot more taxing than a routine first set, it was still a comfortable victory.[/p][embed guid="982aa2a9-68e3-42b8-82ac-5e9d6ed2c957" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2107726303856087393" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]07:45 CET - [/b]Good morning and welcome back to our live coverage of the Asian swing! There are no results to bring you overnight but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/swiatek-iga/jNyZsXZe/"]Iga Swiatek[/a] is closing in on the first set against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jovic-iva/bmWvBlnL/"]Iva Jovic[/a] as the Pole looks to secure her spot in the Beijing quarter-finals.[/p][embed guid="1a06e2c8-e8ff-4590-9148-0e668313b4ed" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2107705959695204500" social-type="twitter" /][p]Following the conclusion of that match, world number four and third seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gauff-coco/f5BXmEH6/"]Coco Gauff[/a] takes on Belgium's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mertens-elise/Y1ZrrUtl/"]Elise Mertens[/a]. Gauff hasn't been playing her best tennis in Beijing but will be hoping to continue to build into the tournament and will fancy her chances of booking her place in the quarter-finals.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/wta-singles/beijing/"]Follow all the WTA action from Beijing here[/a][/b].[/p]