Cori Gauff tops Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Beijing on Friday. Gauff will face off with Iga Swiatek in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes.
Coco added to her prize money $ 216,982 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 402,000 until now in this competition. If she wins the next match, Coco will add $ 378,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 780,000.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Maria Sakkari China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Gauff scored 63 points vs. the Greek’s 47.
Gauff
The American served very well to win 84% of the points (26/31) behind her first serve, and she won 65% points (11/17) on her second serve. The American won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points as she converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Sakkari
On the other side, Sakkari wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Sakkari is 3-4 for Maria.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Gauff will square off with Swiatek in the semifinal.
This will be the 9th time that Cori Gauff and Iga Swiatek fight against each other. The head to head is 7-1 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gauff won 7-62 3-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Cincinnati back in August 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Gauff conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Maria Sakkari in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Coco reinforced her lead after breaking the Greek in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Coco won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Gauff converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 2nd (2-0 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 62 points. Gauff was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than the Greek (35-27). Coco lost 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the court, the Greek conceded 18 points on serve (21-18).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Gauff clinched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to finally conquering the set (6-4).
Coco converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Coco won 8 points more than the Greek (28-20). Coco surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Sakkari conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-78 7-65 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-7) – H2H details and stats
