There are breadsticks, and there's what the world No. 1 is cooking up this week.

Sacramento-born Brooksby follows Walnut Creek native Katie Volynets, who shocked No. 9 seed Veronika Kudermetova, into the third round in Melbourne.

Aryna Sabalenka, Karen Khachanov and Veronika Kudermetova also advanced on Wednesday.

Also, Jessica Pegula sets a new high of No. 3, Coco Gauff breaks the Top 5 and Zhang Zhizhen becomes the first Chinese man to reach the Top 100 in ATP rankings history.

The Greek battled past Russia's Veronika Kudermetova in the quarterfinals of Guadalajara tonight, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, to seal her spot in the eight-woman field.

As the Russian and Greek battle it out Friday, three American women will also feature in the Guadalajara Open Akron quarterfinals.

Three tickets to Fort Worth remain up for grabs at this week's WTA 1000 event.

Rogers is into the biggest final of her career while Kasatkina steeled past No. 2 seed Paula Badosa in straight sets.

The No. 2 seed advanced, 7-6(4), 6-2, at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic Friday to reach her fourth semifinal of the year.

Also lifting the trophy in Paris was Jean-Julian Rojer, who became the oldest men's doubles winner in the Open Era, partnering Marcelo Arévalo.