Unrelenting Coco Gauff blitzes Andreeva in the 2nd round to clash vs Mertens. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Gauff sweeps aside Andreeva to face Elise Mertens in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Mirra Andreeva

Cori Gauff too good for Mirra Andreeva 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday after playing a solid match to fight against Elise Mertens in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Gauff
New York
Gauff's Record

Coco added to her prize money $ 68,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 191,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Gauff will add $ 93,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 284,000 in total.

Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Mirra Andreeva U.S. Open – New York

Gauff’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Gauff
Andreeva
Cori Gauff
6-3 6-2
1h:16
Mirra Andreeva
65
65
Total points
38
38
22
22
Winners
15
15
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
16
16
Unforced
13
13
55%
55%
Ratio Unforced
45%
45%
15/18
15/18
Net Approaches
2/5
2/5
83%
83%
Perc
40%
40%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
56%
56%
1st in
51%
51%
81%
81%
1st won
54%
54%
22/27
22/27
1st won
15/28
15/28
62%
62%
2nd won
37%
37%
13/21
13/21
2nd won
10/27
10/27
193
193
Fastest serve
183
183
179
179
AVG 1st Serve
168
168
131
131
AVG 2nd Serve
132
132
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
Total
1/3
1/3
80%
80%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Gauff scored 65 points vs. the Russian’s 38.

Gauff

Gauff served extremely well to win 81% of the points (22/27) behind her first serve, and she won 62% points (13/21) on her second serve. The American was pretty good at converting 80% of the break points that she conquered (4/5).

Andreeva

On the other side, Andreeva had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Gauff and Andreeva is 2-0 for Coco.

Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Elise Mertens – stats

Gauff will face Mertens in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Cori Gauff and Elise Mertens square off. 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 squared off, Gauff won 6-4 6-0 in the 4th round in Paris back in 2022.

Cori Gauff Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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GauffAndreeva
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0
0
A
0
0

Gauff was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Mirra Andreeva in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Gauff refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Russian in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Coco won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.

The American converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Mirra was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They played 55 points. Gauff was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Mirra (34-21). The American conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). On the losing side, Andreeva conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).

2nd Set -
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The American in this set was much more effective than Mirra and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking the Russian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

The American was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, Andreeva was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 48 points. Gauff was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than Mirra (31-17). The American dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). On the other side, Andreeva conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).

1st
Gauff
Andreeva
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Gauff
Andreeva
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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