Cori Gauff grounds Karolina Muchova 6-1 6-3 in the final in Beijing on Sunday after playing an impressive match to win her 8th career title, the 2nd of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This is the first time that Coco conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this competition so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Gauff added $ 515,000 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 1,100,000 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Karolina Muchova China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Gauff scored 64 points vs. Muchova’s 35.
Gauff
The American served very well to win 85% of the points (28/33) behind her first serve. However she won only 43% points (6/14) on her second serve. Coco was pretty focused in converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).
Muchova
On the other side, the Czech had some problems converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Muchova is 3-0 for Coco.
This was the 8th career title for Coco. (see list of titles and finals). Karolina 4th remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Seoul 2019. (see list of titles and finals)
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Gauff got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Karolina Muchova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The American managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Muchova in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
The Czech was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Coco converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-1 0-40). On the other side, Karolina wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1-5 40-A).
They played 47 points. The American won 15 points more than Muchova (31-16). Gauff was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (18-4). In addition, on the other side, the Czech conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Gauff took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Karolina Muchova in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Coco managed to stage a great comeback to break Muchova 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
A crucial moment of this set was when Gauff won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-2 to 4-2.
The American converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Czech converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 52 points. Coco was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Karolina (33-19). Coco lost 9 points on serve (16-9). on the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 17 points on serve (10-17).