Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina cruise into Stuttgart Open quarterfinals

Top seed Elena Rybakina beat Diana Shnaider in straight sets to qualify for the quarter-finals of the WTA clay-court event in Stuttgart on Thursday as reigning French Open champion Coco Gauff also advanced. The 26-year-old Rybakina, who was champion in the German tournament in 2024 but skipped last year’s event, relied on her service game