LINZ. Cori Gauff hustles Samsonova in the qualifications of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz

Cori Gauff ousts Liudmila Samsonova 6-7¹⁰ 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in Linz on Sunday. Gauff will square off with Tamara Korpatsch in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Ludmilla won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 6^th (2-4) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. Samsonova broke back in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 10.

Ludmilla failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 0.

2^nd set.

Gauff was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Samsonova in the 1^st game (1-0). The American managed to boost her lead after breaking Samsonova in the 5^th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

3^rd set.

Gauff got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Samsonova in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Cori improved her lead after breaking the Russian in the 3^rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of the match was when Gauff won 4 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Gauff scored 108 points vs. the Russian’s 85 points.

Cori was effective in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12). On the other side, the Russian was pretty good in converting 67% of the break points that she procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Samsonova is 1-0 for Cori.

Next Match: Cori Gauff vs. Tamara Korpatsch – stats

Gauff will face Korpatsch in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Tamara Korpatsch since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Linz

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• Pauline ParmentierParmentier – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – Arantxa RusRus (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Danka KovinicKovinic (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Misaki DoiDoi – Melanie KlaffnerKlaffner (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Emily MeyerMeyer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Shelby RogersRogers – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Denisa AllertovaAllertova (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-7¹⁰ 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Mira AntonitschAntonitsch (6-1 6-2) – See score progression

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