Cori Gauff rolls past Lin Zhu 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Auckland on Friday after playing a remarkable match to fight against Danka Kovinic in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Lin Zhu ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 64 points vs. the Chinese’s 45.
Gauff
The American served extremely well to win 89% of the points (25/28) behind her first serve, and she won 58% points (11/19) on her second serve. Coco won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 23% (3/13) of the procured opportunities.
Zhu
On the other side, the Chinese wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Zhu is 1-0 for Coco.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Danka Kovinic – stats
Gauff will take on Kovinic in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Danka Kovinic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Coco grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Coco missed the chance to break Zhu in the 4th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Gauff converted 12% of her break points (1/8). She had 8
break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They contested 59 points. The American conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Chinese (33-26). The American lost 7 points on serve (20-7
). In addition, on the other side, Zhu conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).Gauff in this set played at a much higher level than Lin and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Lin in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The American converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. Gauff was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Zhu (31-19). Coco was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Zhu conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Lin ZhuZhu (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Rebeka MasarovaMasarova – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (7-64 7-62) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Cori GauffGauff – Danka KovinicKovinic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (0-0) – H2H details and stats