Overview

• Defending champion and world No. 3 Gauff beat No. 15 seed Bencic 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 to advance in Beijing.
• She seized control after winning a tense second-set tiebreak, sealed when Bencic double-faulted on set point and hurled her racquet.
• A heated changeover at 2-3 in the second set featured exchanges over crowd behavior and alleged mind games.
• Both players showed frustration in a largely empty stadium with alternating sun and shade affecting the court.
• Gauff will face either Germany’s Eva Lys or fellow American McCartney Kessler in the quarter-finals.