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.
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
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- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Saisai ZhengZheng (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Polona HercogHercog (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
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- Sofia KeninKenin – Ann LiLi (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
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- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Julia GoergesGoerges – Petra MarticMartic (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Qiang WangWang – Fiona FerroFerro (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
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- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Nao HibinoHibino (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
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