Cori Gauff soars past Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-3 in the final in Washington on Sunday after playing a marvellous match to win her 5th career title, the 3rd of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This is the first time that Gauff conquered this tournament. Her most significant achievement in this event so far was reaching the 1st round. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Gauff added $ 45,989 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned $ 120,150 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Maria Sakkari Mubadala Citi DC Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:24
At the end of the match, Gauff scored 62 points vs. the Greek’s 43.
Gauff
The American was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10).
Sakkari
On the other side, the Greek was effective when converting 75% of the break points that she conquered points (3/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Sakkari is 2-4 for Maria.
This was the 4th career title for Gauff. She won the previous title in Washington. (see list of titles and finals). The Greek 7th remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Rabat 2019. (see list of titles and finals)
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Gauff came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Gauff to win the set because the Greek managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. The American maintained her cool to break Sakkari in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.
Sakkari was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.
The American converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). Also, on the other side, Maria converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 9th game (1-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 60 points. Gauff was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Sakkari (34-26). Gauff dropped 16 points on serve (18-16). On the other side, the Greek conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
Gauff enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Gauff to win the set as Sakkari managed to break back in the 5th (3-2) game. Coco kept her focus to break the Greek in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
The Greek had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The American converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Sakkari was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 45 points. Gauff conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Maria (28-17). The American surrendered 8 points on serve (15-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).
