Cori Gauff conquers Madison Keys 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday in what was an all-American match. Gauff will try to keep the momentum against Iga Swiatek in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reach the quarter in 2021. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Madison Keys Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Coco scored 64 points vs. Madison’s 52.
Gauff
Coco was effective at converting 80% of the break points that she procured (4/5).
Keys
On the other side, Keys was absolutely great in converting the only break point that she converted. Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Gauff and Keys is 2-1 for Coco.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Gauff will take on Swiatek in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Cori Gauff and Iga Swiatek fight against each other. The head to head is 5-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Swiatek won 6-3 6-0 in the R in Fort Worth back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Gauff overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Madison Keys in the 1st game (1-0). Coco improved her lead after breaking Keys in the 4th (3-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
Gauff was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Coco didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. Gauff conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Keys (29-21). Coco dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). On the other side, Madison conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Coco won the set after she broke Keys in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Madison tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Anyhow, Gauff kept the focus to win the set 7-5.
Keys lost the 3rd game (2-1) when she was 40-0 up.
Coco converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40). On the other side, Madison was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They contested 66 points. Coco was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Keys (35-31). Coco dropped 15 points on serve (23-15). on the other side of the court, Keys conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Cori GauffGauff – Madison KeysKeys (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (w/o) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Cori GauffGauff (5-0) – H2H details and stats