Coco Gauff is having yet a great run in Indian Wells, where she will face Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Coco Gauff surprised a raucous audience inside Stadium 2 at the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday with a come-from-behind victory over Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson. Sixth-seeded Gauff won the final four games of a 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 fourth-round match to reach the last eight in Indian Wells for the first time in her career.
The American also broke Peterson’s serve to win the match after saving three break points at 4-4 in the final, where she would have been serving for her third Top 10 triumph of her career.
After the match, Gauff published a post on Instagram stating her happiness.
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Gauff in Indian Wells, ranking, and results in 2023
WWLWWLWWWW Currently ranked no.6, Coco has achieved a 14-3 record in 2023. Coco is participating in Indian Wells where she beat the world no.90 Cristina Bucsa 6-2 6-4, the world no.54 Linda Noskova 6-4 6-3 and the world no.103 Rebecca Peterson 6-3 1-6 6-4.
Coco Gauff will face the world no.2 Aryna Sabalenka in the quarter on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM 1. Their actual head to head record is 3-1 for Gauff.
Coco conquered 1 title in 2023 in Auckland.
Gauff has scheduled to compete next in Miami (Miami Open). She will start from the main draw that will commence on the 21st of March.
Sabalenka in Indian Wells, ranking, and results in 2023
LLWWWWWWWL Ranked world no.2 (career-high), Aryna achieved a 15-1 match record in 2023. The Belarussian is playing in Indian Wells where she ousted the world no.427 Evgeniya Rodina 6-2 6-0, the world no.95 Lesya Tsurenko w/o and the world no.16 Barbora Krejcikova 6-3 2-6 6-4.
Aryna Sabalenka will face the world no.6 Coco Gauff in the quarter on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM 1. Their current head to head is 3-1 for Gauff.
Sabalenka has won 2 titles in 2023 in Adelaide and Australian Open.
Sabalenka won 12 titles in her career: 9 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 2 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)
Sabalenka will compete next in Miami (Miami Open). She will start to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 21st of March.
Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka clashed against each other 4 times. The head to head is 3-1 for Gauff. Previously, the last time they competed against each other, Coco Gauff won 7-5 4-6 7-6(4) in the 3rd round in Toronto (National Bank Open) in August 2022.
You can see them in action in the following highlights.
