Gauff bests Cirstea in the AO 2nd round to play Naomi Osaka. H2H, prediction

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE RESULTS. Gauff wins against Cirstea to square off with Naomi Osaka in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Sorana Cirstea

Cori Gauff bests Sorana Cirstea 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Gauff will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Naomi Osaka in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Sorana conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

Gauff enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Cirstea in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for the American to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

3rd set.

Cirstea was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Gauff in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the American found the way to come back to break Sorana in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Cori scored 94 points vs. Cirstea’s 92 points.

Cori was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (3/4). On the other side, Cirstea was fantastic in converting all the break points (2/2). However, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Sorana Cirstea Australian Open – Melbourne

Gauff’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Naomi Osaka – stats

Gauff will square off with Osaka in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Cori Gauff and Naomi Osaka play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard. The last time that they locked horns, Osaka won 6-3 6-0 in the 3rd round in New York back in 2019. The prediction is Naomi winning in 3 sets.

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