Cori Gauff hustles Jasmine Paolini 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2 in the 1st round in Adelaide on Tuesday. Gauff will face Petra Martic in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. Coco squandered a strong lead after she was comfortably leading 6-4 5-2.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Jasmine Paolini Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:33
At the end of the match, Cori scored 115 points vs. Paolini’s 106.
Gauff
Gauff won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points since she converted only 33% (6/18) of the procured opportunities.
Paolini
On the other side, the Italian was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Paolini is 1-0 for Cori.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Petra Martic – stats
Gauff will face Martic in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Petra Martic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The American won the set after she broke Paolini in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Jasmine tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Notwithstanding, Gauff didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-4.
They contested 74 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than the Italian (41-33). The American conceded 14 points on serve (24-14). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
Martic started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Gauff in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that was not enough for the Italian to win the set as the American found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Jasmine kept her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
The Italian won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Gauff won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3) and 10th (4-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Jasmine converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 9th (3-5 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Gauff converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).
They contested 97 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Paolini won barely 1 point more than Gauff (49-48). The Italian dropped 24 points on serve (28-24). On the other side, the American conceded 21 points on serve (24-21).
Gauff was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Martic in the 1st game (1-0). Cori improved her lead after breaking the Italian in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
The American converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (1-4 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They played 49 points. Gauff conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the Italian (28-21). Gauff surrendered 9 points on serve (19-9). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).
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