Cori Gauff tops Paula Badosa Gibert 5-7 6-4 6-1 in the 4th round in Rome on Monday. Gauff will have to play Qinwen Zheng in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.
Gauff added to her prize money € 46,680 after conquering this match. She has already won € 99,160 after this win. If she wins the next match, the American will add € 93,245 to her earnings to get in total € 192,405 in total.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Paula Badosa Gibert Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Gauff scored 102 points vs. Badosa’s 88.
Gauff
Gauff served very well to win 76% of the points (29/38) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 45% points (28/62) on her second serve. Gauff won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 44% (7/16) of the procured opportunities.
Badosa
On the other side, Paula was pretty focused in converting 56% of the break points that she procured points (5/9). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Badosa is 2-3 for Paula.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Qinwen Zheng – stats
Gauff will fight against Zheng in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Qinwen Zheng since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Badosa won the set after she broke Coco in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Anyhow, Badosa didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 7-5.
Paula was perfect in converting all her break points in the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Coco was flawless in converting all her break points in the 10th game (4-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 78 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Gauff (42-36). The Spaniard conceded 11 points on serve (24-11). On the losing side, Gauff conceded 18 points on serve (25-18).
Gauff won the set after she broke the Spaniard 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Paula tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, the American refused to give way to conquer the set 6-4.
Gauff failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Coco converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). Also, on the other side, Badosa converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (1-3 30-40), the 6th (2-4 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 40-A).
They played 74 points. Gauff was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Paula (39-35). Coco lost 21 points on serve (20-21). on the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 19 points on serve (14-19).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Gauff conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually winning the set (6-1).
Badosa was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Gauff converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40). On the other side, Gauff didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 38 points. The American won 16 more points than Paula (27-11). Coco was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). On the other side, Badosa conceded 15 points on serve (7-15).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Cori GauffGauff – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (5-7 6-4 6-1)
- Madison KeysKeys – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 6-1)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Naomi OsakaOsaka (6-2 6-4)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Angelique KerberKerber (7-5 6-3)
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