Yulia Putintseva shocks the defending champion Cori Gauff 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Thursday. Putintseva will play against Paula Badosa Gibert in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Cincinnati
Putintseva's Record

Highlights Yulia Putintseva vs. Cori Gauff Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Putintseva
Gauff
6-4 2-6 6-4
1h:54
87
87
Total points
81
81
29
29
Winners
30
30
33%
33%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
8
8
0
0
Double Faults
9
9
59%
59%
1st in
56%
56%
63%
63%
1st won
60%
60%
29/46
29/46
1st won
30/50
30/50
53%
53%
2nd won
48%
48%
17/32
17/32
2nd won
19/40
19/40
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
Total
5/12
5/12
63%
63%
Won
42%
42%
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At the end of the match, Yulia scored 87 points vs. Gauff’s 81.

Putintseva

Yulia didn’t lose the focus when converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8).

Gauff

On the other side, Coco was struggling when converting her break points (only 42% – 5/12). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Putintseva and Gauff is 1-3 for Coco.

Draw and next match H2H: Yulia Putintseva vs. Paula Badosa Gibert – stats

Putintseva will square off with Badosa Gibert in the 3rd round.

This will be the 5th time that Yulia Putintseva and Paula Badosa Gibert square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Badosa Gibert (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Badosa Gibert won 4-6 6-1 7-5 in the 2nd round in Paris back in May 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Putintseva 6-4
PutintsevaGauff
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
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4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
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4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
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30
40
40
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40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
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4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
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40
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40
40
A
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4
3
0
15
15
15
15
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30
30
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40
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2
15
0
30
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40
0
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2
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0
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40
40
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40
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1
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40
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1
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30
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1
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15

Putintseva started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Cori Gauff in the 1st

game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for the Kazakhstani to win the set since the American found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (4-4) game. The Kazakhstani maintained her cool to break Gauff in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Putintseva converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the American converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 72 points. Putintseva was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Gauff (40-32). Putintseva lost 10 points on serve (17-10). On the other side, Gauff conceded 23 points on serve (22-23).

2nd Set -
Gauff 6-2
GauffPutintseva
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
GauffPutintseva
6
2
15
0
30
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40
GauffPutintseva
5
2
15
0
15
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40
GauffPutintseva
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2
0
15
15
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15
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4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
GauffPutintseva
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
GauffPutintseva
2
1
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0
30
0
30
15
30
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30
GauffPutintseva
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Coco in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Yulia and consequently she won 6-2

after breaking Yulia in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Coco failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.

Gauff was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Coco didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 45 points. The American won 11 more points than Yulia (28-17). Gauff lost 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the net, Yulia conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

3rd Set -
Putintseva 6-4
PutintsevaGauff
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PutintsevaGauff
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4
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15
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15
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15
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4
15
0
30
0
40
0
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4
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15
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15
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15
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4
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3
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40
PutintsevaGauff
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2
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1
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40

The Kazakhstani won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Yulia broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to conquer the set 6-4.

Coco was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.

Yulia was on the money in converting all her break points in the 6th (2-4 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Coco converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40).

They contested 51 points. Yulia won 9 more points than the American (30-21). Putintseva surrendered 11 points on serve (18-11). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).

1st
Putintseva
Gauff
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Putintseva
Gauff
2-6
2
6
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Putintseva
Gauff
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1

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