Cori Gauff topples Jaqueline Cristian 6-1 0-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in Rome on Saturday. Gauff will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Paula Badosa Gibert in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Gauff added to her prize money € 22,045 after conquering this match. She has already won € 52,480 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add € 46,680 to her earnings to get in total € 99,160 in total.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Jaqueline Cristian Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 85 points vs. Cristian’s 79.
Gauff
Gauff won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.
Cristian
On the other side, the Romanian had a tough time converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Cristian is 1-0 for Coco.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Paula Badosa Gibert – stats
Gauff will play Badosa Gibert in the 4th round.
This will be the 5th time that Cori Gauff and Paula Badosa Gibert square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Badosa Gibert (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Badosa Gibert won 6-3 6-0 in the 3rd round in Madrid back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Gauff had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Jaqueline Cristian in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The American improved her lead after breaking Cristian in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
Gauff lost a big opportunity to break Jaqueline in the 6th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Certainly, a key moment was when the American won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Coco converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Cristian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 40-A and 40-A).
They played 70 points. Gauff won 10 more points than Cristian (40-30). Gauff conceded 10 points on serve (20-10). on the other side of the court, Cristian conceded 20 points on serve (20-20).
There was not much story in this set because the Romanian conceded no games to Coco before winning the set 6-0.
Cristian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 40.
Jaqueline was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the American was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 7th game (1–6 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 47 points. Jaqueline conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Gauff (30-17). Cristian conceded 7 points on serve (14-7). In addition, on the other side, Coco conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
Coco won the set after she broke the Romanian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Coco was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Cristian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They played 47 points. The American conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Cristian (28-19). Coco surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Cristian conceded 9 points on serve (8-9).
Tennis Scores in Rome
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- Angelique KerberKerber – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-3 7-64)
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 6-3)
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- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 6-4)
- Cori GauffGauff – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-1 0-6 6-3)
- Madison KeysKeys – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-4 4-6 6-3)
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