Gauff dumped, Swiatek and Rybakina through

Coco Gauff suffered a surprise second-round exit from the WTA 1000 event in Doha on Tuesday, losing in straight sets to Italian lucky loser Elisabetta Cocciaretto.

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The fourth seed, who was beaten 6-4, 6-2, was followed out of the Qatar Open by sixth seed Jasmine Paolini and eighth-seeded Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova.

There were no such problems for Iga Swiatek or Elena Rybakina, though, as the top seed and newly crowned Australian Open champion both cruised into the last 16.

American Gauff, who received a first-round bye, was also knocked out of the tournament in her opening match last year.

Cocciaretto will face Ann Li in the next round after only the third victory of her career against a top 10 ranked opponent.

The world No.57 said she was inspired by her friend and skier Sofia Goggia, who took bronze in the women's downhill event at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics at the weekend.

"We always send messages and Face-Time to talk about our sports and how you manage some things," she said of Goggia. "She gives me a lot of advice.