FILE PHOTO: Tennis - WTA Masters 1000 - Madrid Open - Caja Magica, Madrid, Spain - May 2, 2022 Coco Gauff of the U.S. in action during her third round match against Romania's Simona Halep REUTERS/Susana Vera
PARIS (Reuters) - Teenager Coco Gauff downed veteran Kaia Kanepi in a clash of the generations to reach the fourth round of the French Open with a 6-3 6-4 victory on Friday.
The 18-year-old American, who was still a toddler when Estonian Kanepi, 36, played the first of two quarter-finals at Roland Garros in 2008, will next face Belgian 31st seed Elise Mertens.
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