Anastasia Potapova overcomes Cori Gauff 6-7(8) 7-5 6-2 in the 3rd round in Miami on Saturday. Potapova will have to play Qinwen Zheng in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 32 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 1st round in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Potapova added to her prize money $ 41,185 after winning this match. She has already won $ 96,955 after this win. If she wins the next match, Anastasia will add $ 87,510 to her earnings to get in total $ 184,465 in total.
Highlights Anastasia Potapova vs. Cori Gauff Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:32
At the end of the match, Anastasia scored 122 points vs. Gauff’s 105.
Potapova
Potapova didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (6/12).
Gauff
On the other side, Coco was not so effective in converting her break points (only 23% – 3/13). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Potapova and Gauff is 1-2 for Coco.
Draw and next match H2H: Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats
Potapova will come up against Zheng in the 4th round.
This will be the 3rd time that Anastasia Potapova and Qinwen Zheng face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Zheng won 6-73 7-5 7-64 in the qualifications in Adelaide back in January 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Potapova had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Cori Gauff in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the American refused to bow to come back to break Anastasia in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-6).
Coco failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.
Gauff lost a big opportunity to break the Russian in the 1st game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
A crucial moment of this set was when Gauff won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 2-5 to 6-5.
The American was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (1-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 40-A), the 9th (3-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Russian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (3-1 30-40), the 12th (5-6 30-40 and 40-A) and the 14th game (5-7 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 116 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Coco won just 2 points more than Anastasia (59-57). Gauff conceded 20 points on serve (26-20). On the other side, Anastasia conceded 33 points on serve (37-33).
Anastasia conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 8th (3-5) game, Potapova broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.
Gauff was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Potapova converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 9th (3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Gauff converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 72 points. Anastasia was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Coco (38-34). The Russian lost 15 points on serve (26-15). On the losing side, the American conceded 12 points on serve (19-12).
Potapova in this set was too good for the American and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking Coco in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Gauff was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Potapova converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Potapova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 37 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 17 points more than Gauff (27-10). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).
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