Coco Gauff hustles Pliskova in the 3rd round to clash vs Kalinskaya at the Dubai Duty Free Championships. HIGHLIGHTS – DUBAI RESULTS

Cori Gauff ousts Karolina Pliskova 2-6 6-4 6-3 in the 3^rd round in Dubai on Wednesday. Gauff will face off with Anna Kalinskaya in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 53 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Dubai

Gauff's Record

Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Karolina Pliskova Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Gauff

Pliskova

2-6 6-4 6-3
1h:53

92

92

Total points

88

88

50

50

Winners

32

32

54%

54%

Ratio Winners

36%

36%

-- Serve --

5

5

Aces

8

8

9

9

Double Faults

5

5

72%

72%

1st in

77%

77%

63%

63%

1st won

58%

58%

50/79

50/79

1st won

32/55

32/55

37%

37%

2nd won

50%

50%

11/30

11/30

2nd won

8/16

8/16

-- Break Points --

5/9

5/9

Total

5/16

5/16

56%

56%

Won

31%

31%

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At the end of the match, Gauff scored 92 points vs. the Czech’s 88.

Gauff

The American didn’t lose the concentration in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).

Pliskova

On the other side, Karolina was struggling when converting her break points (only 31% – 5/16). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Gauff and Pliskova is 2-1 for Coco.

Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Anna Kalinskaya – stats

Gauff will come up against Kalinskaya in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Anna Kalinskaya since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Gauff started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Karolina Pliskova in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for Pliskova to win the set since Gauff found the way to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Pliskova maintained her focus to break Gauff in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Certainly, a key moment was when Karolina won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

Karolina was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 40-A), the 2^nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5^th game (3-1 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Coco was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2^nd game (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 58 points. The Czech won 6 points more than Gauff (32-26). Pliskova conceded 8 points on serve (14-8). on the other side of the court, Gauff conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).

Gauff had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Karolina Pliskova in the 2^nd game (2-0). However, there was more to do for Gauff to win the set because Pliskova managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 9^th (4-5) game. Coco maintained her focus to break the Czech in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 10^th (6-4) game.

Gauff failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.

The American was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 15-40), the 4^th (2-1 15-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the Czech converted 20% of her break points (2/10). She had her opportunities in the 3^rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7^th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40), the 9^th (3-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11^th game (3-6 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 75 points. The American conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Pliskova (41-34). Gauff conceded 23 points on serve (25-23). In addition, on the other side, the Czech conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).

Coco conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4^th (2-2) game, Gauff broke back in the 8^th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.

Gauff converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 8^th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Karolina was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 9^th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 47 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Gauff won just 3 points more than Pliskova (25-22). The American conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 7 points on serve (15-7).

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