Coco Gauff victorious over Mertens in the 3rd round to play vs Wozniacki at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Gauff beats Mertens to come up against Caroline Wozniacki in the 4th round

Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Elise Mertens

Cori Gauff beats Elise Mertens 3-6 6-3 6-0 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. Gauff will play against Caroline Wozniacki in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament 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 $ 93,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 284,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add $ 171,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 455,000 in total.

Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Elise Mertens U.S. Open – New York

Gauff’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Gauff
Mertens
90
90
Total points
73
73
40
40
Winners
20
20
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
27%
27%
25
25
Unforced
39
39
39%
39%
Ratio Unforced
61%
61%
16/25
16/25
Net Approaches
11/19
11/19
64%
64%
Perc
58%
58%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
2
2
6
6
Double Faults
7
7
67%
67%
1st in
53%
53%
69%
69%
1st won
50%
50%
40/58
40/58
1st won
20/40
20/40
34%
34%
2nd won
44%
44%
10/29
10/29
2nd won
16/36
16/36
193
193
Fastest serve
186
186
168
168
AVG 1st Serve
167
167
133
133
AVG 2nd Serve
132
132
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
3/10
3/10
55%
55%
Won
30%
30%
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At the end of the match, Gauff scored 90 points vs. the Belgian’s 73.

Gauff

Gauff was well focused in converting 55% of the break points that she procured (6/11).

Mertens

On the other side, Mertens wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 30%3/10). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Gauff and Mertens is 3-0 for Coco.

Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Caroline Wozniacki – stats

Gauff will take on Wozniacki in the 4th round.

There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Caroline Wozniacki since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Cori Gauff Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Mertens won the set after she broke the American in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Coco was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.

The Belgian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). Also, on the other side, Coco was spot on in converting all her break points in the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 57 points. Mertens conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Coco (31-26). Elise dropped 10 points on serve (18-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Coco conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).

2nd Set -
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The American won the set after she broke the Belgian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Mertens tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nonetheless, Gauff didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-3.

Mertens was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.

Gauff converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Mertens converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).

They played 74 points. Coco conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Elise (40-34). Gauff lost 19 points on serve (22-19). On the losing side, the Belgian conceded 18 points on serve (15-18).

3rd Set -
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The Belgian was repeatedly broken and Coco won the set 6-0.

Coco was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40). On the other side, Coco didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 32 points. Coco won 16 points more than the Belgian (24-8). Gauff conceded 5 points on serve (12-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Elise conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).

1st
Gauff
Mertens
3-6
3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Gauff
Mertens
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Gauff
Mertens
6-0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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