Svitolina and the nice message to her boyfriend Monfils after beating Coco Gauff. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Svitolina overcomes Gauff to fight against Yulia Putintseva in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Elina Svitolina Gems

Elina Svitolina won against Cori Gauff 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday in 1 hour and 17 minutes. It was surprising seeing Elina defeating the upcoming American without putting in not so much effort.

Svitolina
Melbourne
Svitolina's Record

The message to her boyfriend Gael Monfils

Elina’s boyfriend Monfils looked completely distraught after he lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Emil Ruusuvori. Gael has been struggling to accept the fact that it is practically 1 year that he has not been able to win a single match. Elina dedicated her first round win against Marie Bouzkova to Gael when she drew a heart and the name of Gael on the camera after the match. Svitolina did something similar after beating Coco to draw an heart on the camera and write GEMS that is the name of the joint Instagram account that she has with Monfils.

Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Cori Gauff Australian Open – Melbourne

Svitolina’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Svitolina
Gauff
Elina Svitolina
6-4 6-3
1h:17
Cori Gauff
65
65
Total points
56
56
34
34
Winners
26
26
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
15
15
Unforced
23
23
39%
39%
Ratio Unforced
61%
61%
10/14
10/14
Net Approaches
9/15
9/15
71%
71%
Perc
60%
60%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
63%
63%
1st in
77%
77%
79%
79%
1st won
63%
63%
34/43
34/43
1st won
26/41
26/41
44%
44%
2nd won
58%
58%
11/25
11/25
2nd won
7/12
7/12
182
182
Fastest serve
192
192
167
167
AVG 1st Serve
176
176
131
131
AVG 2nd Serve
137
137
-- Break Points --
2/3
2/3
Total
0/4
0/4
67%
67%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Svitolina scored 65 points vs. Cori’s 56.

Svitolina

Elina served extremely well to win 79% of the points (34/43) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 44% points (11/25) on her second serve. Svitolina didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (2/3).

Gauff

On the other side, Gauff wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

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

With this win, Svitolina added to her prize money $ 65,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 215,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Svitolina will add $ 105,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 320,000 in total. Her best result in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2018 and 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Draw and next match H2H: Elina Svitolina vs. Yulia Putintseva – stats

Svitolina will play Putintseva in the 3rd round.

This will be the 8th time that Elina Svitolina and Yulia Putintseva face off. The head to head is 5-2 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Svitolina won 3-6 6-1 7-65 in the 2nd round in Zhengzhou back in 2019.

Elina Svitolina Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Elina conquered in the 10th game (6-4) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).

Svitolina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.

They played 61 points. Svitolina was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Cori (33-28). Svitolina dropped 11 points on serve (22-11). In addition, on the other side, Gauff conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).

Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Elina grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually conquering the set (6-3).

They played 59 points. Svitolina conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Cori (34-25). Svitolina conceded 11 points on serve (22-11). In addition, on the other side, Gauff conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).

 

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