Cori Gauff vanquishes Belinda Bencic 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in Washington on Friday after playing a great match to face off with Liudmila Samsonova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 1st round in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Coco added to her prize money $ 20,523 after winning this match. She has already won $ 43,323 until now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Gauff will add $ 30,838 to her earnings to get in total $ 74,161.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Belinda Bencic Mubadala Citi DC Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 62 points vs. Bencic’s 42.
Gauff
Gauff was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured (6/9).
Bencic
On the other side, Belinda didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Bencic is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Liudmila Samsonova – stats
Gauff will fight against Samsonova in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Cori Gauff and Liudmila Samsonova play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gauff won 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Charleston back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Gauff had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Belinda Bencic in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Gauff to win the set because the Swiss succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The American kept her focus to break Bencic in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Bencic lost the 4th game (3-1) when she was serving and leading 40-0. Bencic was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-1
to 6-1.The American converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 15-40). On the other side, Belinda was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (0-2
40-A).They played 58 points. The American conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Belinda (36-22). Gauff conceded 10 points on serve (15-10). on the other side of the court, Bencic conceded 21 points on serve (12-21).
Gauff was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Belinda Bencic in the 2nd game (2-0). However, Gauff refused to bow to come back to break Bencic in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Belinda was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The American converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Belinda converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 46 points. The American conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Belinda (26-20). Gauff surrendered 12 points on serve (18-12). on the other side of the court, the Swiss conceded 8 points on serve (8-8).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Madison KeysKeys (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Belinda BencicBencic (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Maria SakkariSakkari (3-4) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-0) – H2H details and stats