Cori Gauff dispatches Yue Yuan 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Indian Wells on Thursday. Gauff is going to play against Maria Sakkari in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Gauff added to her prize money $ 140,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 325,000 until now in this competition. If she wins the next match, Gauff will add $ 260,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 585,000.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Yue Yuan BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:34
At the end of the match, the American scored 78 points vs. Yue’s 62.
Gauff
Gauff served extremely well to win 75% of the points (39/52) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 28% points (9/32) on her second serve. Coco didn’t lose the focus when converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7).
Yuan
On the other side, Yuan had a tough time converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Gauff and Yuan is 1-0 for Coco.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Maria Sakkari – stats
Gauff will fight against Sakkari in the semifinal.
This will be the 8th time that Cori Gauff and Maria Sakkari play each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Gauff won 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Beijing back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Gauff came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Yue Yuan in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the American managed to stage a great comeback to break the Chinese 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Coco failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
The American converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Chinese converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 7th (2-4 40-A), the 9th (3-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40).
They contested 81 points. Coco was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Yue (44-37). Gauff dropped 23 points on serve (25-23). Regarding the other side of the net, Yue conceded 19 points on serve (14-19).
Gauff took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Yue Yuan in the 2nd game (2-0). The American improved her lead after breaking the Chinese in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Yue was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Coco converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Yue was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 57 points. Gauff won 9 more points than the Chinese (33-24). The American surrendered 12 points on serve (22-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Chinese conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
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- Cori GauffGauff – Yue YuanYuan (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-0 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Marta KostyukKostyuk () – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Cori GauffGauff – Maria SakkariSakkari (3-4) – H2H details and stats
