Cori Gauff routs Jasmine Paolini 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Cincinnati on Friday after playing a remarkable match to fight against Iga Swiatek in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
The American added to her prize money $ 74,650 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 138,000 till now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 129,690 to her earnings to get in total $ 267,690.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Jasmine Paolini Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:12
At the end of the match, Coco scored 62 points vs. the Italian’s 46.
Gauff
Coco won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.
Paolini
On the other side, the Italian was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Gauff and Paolini is 2-0 for Coco.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Gauff will compete against Swiatek in the semifinal.
This will be the 8th time that Cori Gauff and Iga Swiatek fight against each other. The head to head is 7-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Swiatek won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Paris back in June 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Gauff started the set in the best possible way after breaking Jasmine Paolini in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Coco managed to stage a good comeback to break Paolini 4 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 4th (2-2), in the 5th (3-2) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Coco failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Coco won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-2 to 4-2.
They played 61 points. Coco won 5 more points than the Italian (33-28). Gauff conceded 10 points on serve (14-10). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 19 points on serve (18-19).
Gauff had a racing start in this set after breaking Jasmine Paolini in the 2nd game (2-0). Coco managed to boost her lead after breaking Paolini in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Paolini was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-2 to 6-2.
The American converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. Coco won 13 more points than Jasmine (31-18). The American lost 5 points on serve (13-5). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Cori GauffGauff – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ons JabeurJabeur (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (7-63 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (3-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Cori GauffGauff (7-0) – H2H details and stats
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-1) – H2H details and stats
