Cori Gauff wins against Williams in the 1st round of the Australian Open. Cirstea Next.

Cori Gauff downs Venus Williams 7-6⁵ 6-3 in the 1^st round in Melbourne on Monday. Gauff will play Sorana Cirstea in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Gauff conquered in the 10^th game (5-5) before winning the set (7-6).

2^nd set.

Gauff started the set in the best possible way after breaking Williams in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for Cori to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.

Venus had to surrender the 2^nd game (2-0) when she had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Cori scored 78 points vs. Williams’s 68 points.

Gauff served extremely well to win 77% of the points (33/43) behind her first serve, and she won 61% points (19/31) on her second serve. Gauff won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 33% (2/6). On the other side, Venus was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Williams is 2-0 for Cori.

Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Venus Williams Australian Open – Melbourne

Gauff’s Interview

After the match, Coco commented:

Next Match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Sorana Cirstea – stats

Gauff will play Cirstea in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Sorana Cirstea since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

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