Cori Gauff will face Ons Jabeur in the quarterfinals in Charleston. The American sensation has already beaten Ons on clay (red clay) last year in Rome 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round. After this match, the head-to-head between Gauff and Jabeur is 2-0 for Cori.
Here the highlights and the stats.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Ons Jabeur Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Gauff scored 71 points vs. Ons’s 52.
Gauff
The American won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Jabeur
On the other side, the Tunisian was stunning in converting all her break points (4/4). However, that was not enough to win the match.
Live score progression and stats
conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Gauff in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the American found the way to come back to break the Tunisian 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Gauff missed the opportunity to break Jabeur in the 2nd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Ons was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-4 to 6-4.
The American converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-4 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Jabeur was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A).
They played 71 points. Gauff won 7 more points than Ons (39-32). Cori lost 14 points on serve (17-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Jabeur conceded 22 points on serve (18-22).
Gauff won the set after she broke the Tunisian 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Ons tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, Gauff kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.
Gauff converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Ons was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40).
They contested 52 points. The American conquered the set after winning 12 more points than the Tunisian (32-20). The American surrendered 10 points on serve (16-10). on the other side of the net, Ons conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).