Cori Gauff vanquishes Dayana Yastremska 6-4 6-1 in the 3rd round in Madrid on Saturday after playing a fantastic match to face off with Madison Keys in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2022 and 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Coco added to her prize money € 36,775 after winning this match. She has already won € 88,440 after this win. If she wins the next match, Gauff will add € 73,515 to her earnings to get in total € 161,955 in total.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Dayana Yastremska Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Coco scored 63 points vs. Dayana’s 41.
Gauff
The American served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (23/28) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 37% points (10/27) on her second serve. The American was pretty good at converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10).
Yastremska
On the other side, Dayana was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Yastremska is 1-0 for Coco.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Madison Keys – stats
Gauff will come up against Keys in the 4th round.
This will be the 5th time that Cori Gauff and Madison Keys play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Gauff and Keys (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Keys won 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Eastbourne back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Gauff had a great start in this set after breaking Dayana Yastremska in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Coco to win the set because Yastremska managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Gauff maintained her focus to break Dayana in the 10th (6-4) game.
Gauff failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Certainly, a key moment was when Gauff won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the score from 0-0 to 5-0. Yet also Dayana won 4 consecutive games from 0-5 to 4-5
Gauff converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40), the 6th (5-0 30-40), the 8th (5-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). In addition on the other side, Yastremska converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 6th (1-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 70 points. Coco was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than the Ukrainian (41-29). The American conceded 16 points on serve (23-16). Regarding the other side of the net, the Ukrainian conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).
Gauff commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Dayana Yastremska in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Coco to win the set because Yastremska managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. Gauff kept her focus to break the Ukrainian in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Coco converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Yastremska converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 5th game (0-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 34 points. The American won 10 more points than Yastremska (22-12). Gauff lost 6 points on serve (10-6). on the other side of the court, Yastremska conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).
Tennis Scores in Madrid
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- Madison KeysKeys – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-2 6-3)
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