Iga Swiatek hustles Cori Gauff 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Rome on Thursday. Swiatek will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Aryna Sabalenka or Danielle Rose Collins in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. The Pole won this tournament twice in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Pole added to her prize money € 172,610 after winning this match. She has already won € 365,015 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Pole will add € 334,675 to her earnings to get in total € 699,690 in total.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Cori Gauff Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Pole scored 76 points vs. Coco’s 62.
Swiatek
The Pole won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Gauff
On the other side, the American was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Swiatek and Gauff is 10-1 for Iga.
Draw and next match H2H: Iga Swiatek vs. Aryna Sabalenka or Danielle Rose Collins – stats
Swiatek will come up against either Aryna Sabalenka or Danielle Rose Collins in the final. The head to head is 7-3 vs. Aryna Sabalenka and 6-1 vs. Danielle Rose Collins.
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Cori Gauff in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the Pole managed to stage a good comeback to break the American in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
The American lost the 9th game (5-4) when she was comfortably leading 40-0. The American was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
They played 83 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Swiatek won barely 1 point more than the American (42-41). Swiatek surrendered 14 points on serve (19-14). On the losing side, Coco conceded 23 points on serve (27-23).
The Pole won the set after she broke Coco in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Swiatek converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (4-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Gauff wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They contested 57 points. Iga was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Coco (34-23). Swiatek dropped 7 points on serve (17-7). On the other side, the American conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Cori GauffGauff (6-4 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-5) – H2H details and stats