Cori Gauff topples Maria Sakkari 6-1 1-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in Rome on Wednesday. Gauff will play Aryna Sabalenka in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
Gauff added to her prize money € 6,209 after winning this match. She has won already € 16,935 after this win. If she wins the next match, Cori will add € 16,533 to her earnings to get in total € 33,468 in total.
Gauff was elated about the outcome of the contest. She commented:
“My match today was definitely a roller coaster. Got super-high, then super-low, then back to super-high. I just wanted to stay in the match because I lost to her a couple of times before.
Today was definitely a confidence booster.”
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:45
At the end of the match, Gauff scored 83 points vs. Maria’s 72.
Gauff
Cori won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.
Sakkari
On the other side, the Greek had some problems converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Sakkari is 1-2 for Maria.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats
Gauff will face Sabalenka in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Cori Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Gauff and Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Sabalenka won 1-6 7-5 7-62 in the 2nd round in Ostrava back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
Gauff was too good to drop only 1 game before breaking the Greek 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Sakkari was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The American converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Greek was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They played 48 points. Gauff was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Maria (29-19). Gauff lost 8 points on serve (18-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Maria conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
Gauff conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Sabalenka in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Greek found the way to come back to break Gauff 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Cori was powerless in the last 7 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Gauff started the set in the best possible way after breaking Sabalenka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Cori improved her lead after breaking Maria in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the American won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Serena WilliamsWilliams (7-66 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Madison KeysKeys (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-1 1-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jennifer BradyBrady (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Petra KvitovaKvitova (6-4 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Naomi OsakaOsaka (7-62 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Sofia KeninKenin (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-2 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Yaroslava ShvedovaShvedova (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Simona HalepHalep (1-6 3-3 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Bernarda PeraPera (2-6 6-0 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (5-6) – H2H details and stats
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Angelique KerberKerber (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Petra MarticMartic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H details and stats
