Cori Gauff bests Iga Swiatek 7-6(2) 3-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Cincinnati on Saturday. Gauff will play against Karolina Muchova in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 50 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Gauff added to her prize money $ 129,690 after winning this match. She has already won $ 267,690 after this win. If she wins the next match, Gauff will add $ 186,810 to her earnings to get in total $ 454,500 in total.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Iga Swiatek Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Gauff’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:50
Gauff won this encounter even if she conquered less points than Iga (99 vs. 103).
Gauff
Coco won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Swiatek
On the other side, the Pole was struggling when converting her break points (only 29% – 4/14). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Swiatek is 1-7 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Karolina Muchova – stats
Gauff will fight against Muchova in the final.
There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Karolina Muchova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The American won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (3-5) game, Coco broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (4-5) game to win the set 7-6.
Gauff converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (3-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, Swiatek converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40), the 7th (4-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 90 points. Coco was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the Pole (48-42). Coco dropped 18 points on serve (25-18). on the other side of the net, Iga conceded 23 points on serve (24-23).
Swiatek won the set after she broke the American in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Iga failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
The Pole was on the money in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Swiatek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. Swiatek was the one to win the set after conquering 19 more points than Gauff (34-15). Iga was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Coco conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Gauff snatched in the 7th game (4-3) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
The American converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Pole was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They played 63 points. Gauff won 7 points more than the Pole (35-28). Gauff lost 14 points on serve (26-14). On the losing side, Swiatek conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-74 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (7-62 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Cori GauffGauff – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
