Diana Shnaider breezes past Cori Gauff 6-4 6-1 in the 3rd round in Toronto on Friday after playing a great match to deal with Liudmila Samsonova in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes.
The Russian added to her prize money $ 36,511 after winning this match. She has already won $ 72,965 after this win. If she wins the next match, Shnaider will add $ 85,979 to her earnings to get in total $ 158,944 in total.
Highlights Diana Shnaider vs. Cori Gauff National Bank Open – Toronto
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:10
At the end of the match, Shnaider scored 64 points vs. Coco’s 47.
Shnaider
Diana served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (26/32) behind her first serve, and she won 52% points (14/27) on her second serve. Diana won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Gauff
On the other side, Coco wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Shnaider and Gauff is 1-0 for Diana.
Draw and next match H2H: Diana Shnaider vs. Liudmila Samsonova – stats
Shnaider will come up against Samsonova in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Diana Shnaider and Liudmila Samsonova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shnaider (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Shnaider won 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in Rome back in May 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Shnaider grabbed in the 10th game (6-4) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Diana failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Diana converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Shnaider didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 72 points. Diana won 6 more points than Coco (39-33). The Russian lost 13 points on serve (27-13). In addition, on the other side, Gauff conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
Shnaider won the set after she broke Gauff in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
Gauff couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Shnaider converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They played 39 points. Diana was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Coco (25-14). Shnaider conceded 6 points on serve (13-6). On the other side, the American conceded 12 points on serve (8-12).
Tennis Scores in Toronto
- Taylor TownsendTownsend – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-2 6-1)
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Elise MertensMertens (6-2 6-4)
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-4 4-2 ret.)
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Cori GauffGauff (6-4 6-1)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-3 6-3)
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-2 6-4)
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-2 ret.)
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Marta KostyukKostyuk (7-5 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Peyton StearnsStearns (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Taylor TownsendTownsend (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (4-2) – H2H details and stats
