Cori Gauff ousts Qinwen Zheng 7-6(4) 6-1 in the quarter in Rome on Tuesday. Gauff will try to keep the momentum against Iga Swiatek in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.
Coco added to her prize money € 93,245 after winning this match. She has already won € 192,405 so far in this event. If she wins the next match, Coco will add € 172,610 to her earnings to get in total € 365,015.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Qinwen Zheng Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Gauff scored 75 points vs. Zheng’s 59.
Gauff
The American served extremely well to win 80% of the points (32/40) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 40% points (8/20) on her second serve. Gauff was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8).
Zheng
On the other side, Zheng was fantastic in converting the only break point that she converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Zheng is 1-0 for Coco.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Gauff will take on Swiatek in the semifinal.
This will be the 11th time that Cori Gauff and Iga Swiatek play each other. The head to head is 9-1 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Swiatek won 6-0 7-5 in the R in Cancun back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Coco won the set after she broke Zheng in the 8th (5-3) game. Zheng tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, Coco kept the situation under control to conquer the set 7-6.
Gauff failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.
Coco converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 15-40). On the other side, Qinwen was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 9th game (3-5 40-A).
They contested 97 points. Coco conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Qinwen (52-45). The American surrendered 18 points on serve (31-18). On the losing side, the Chinese conceded 21 points on serve (27-21).
Gauff commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Qinwen Zheng in the 2nd game (2-0). Coco improved her lead after breaking Zheng in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Qinwen was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
The American converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Coco didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 37 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Qinwen (23-14). The American dropped 5 points on serve (12-5). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
Tennis Scores in Rome
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