PERTH, Australia -- The top-seeded pair of Coco Gauff and US Open finalist Taylor Fritz of the United States are into the United Cup mixed teams tennis quarterfinals.
Fritz beat Borna Coric 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday as the American team needed to win only one match Tuesday to top Group A. Gauff was playing Donna Vekic in the later women's singles match with the team's place in the final eight guaranteed.
The U.S. beat Canada in its opening match.
The Perth quarterfinals were set for Wednesday, with the U.S. taking on China, which qualified as the best runner-up, and group winners Kazakhstan and Germany playing each other.
In Sydney, Italy also moved into the quarterfinals Tuesday, beating France 2-0 at Ken Rosewall Arena. Flavio Cobolli claimed a 6-3, 6-7 (8), 6-2 upset win over France's Ugo Humbert. Jasmine Paolini beat Chloe Paquet of France 6-0, 6-2 to give Italy its winning margin.
Winners of the past two Davis Cups and runners-up two years ago to the U.S. in the inaugural edition of the season-opening mixed teams' event, Italy won Group D without world No.1 Jannik Sinner after also beating Switzerland 2-0 in their opening tie.
