Cori Gauff trashes Marta Kostyuk 6-4 6-1 in the 3rd round in Wuhan on Thursday after playing a superlative match to deal with Magda Linette in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 1 minute.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Marta Kostyuk Wuhan Open – Wuhan
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 56 points vs. the Ukrainian’s 32.
Gauff
Gauff served pretty well to win 80% of the points (20/25) behind her first serve, and she won 71% points (10/14) on her second serve. Coco was fantastic in converting all the break points (5/5).
Kostyuk
On the other side, The Ukrainian was absolutely great in converting the only break point that she converted. Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Kostyuk is 3-1 for Coco.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Magda Linette – stats
Gauff will fight against Linette in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Cori Gauff and Magda Linette square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gauff won 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in New York back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Gauff conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Marta Kostyuk in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Gauff to win the set since the Ukrainian succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Coco kept her focus to break Kostyuk in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
The American was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, Kostyuk was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 15-40).
They played 58 points. The American won 4 more points than Kostyuk (31-27). The American dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Ukrainian conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).
Coco won the set after she broke Marta 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Kostyuk was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Coco was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Gauff didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 30 points. The American conquered the set after winning 20 points more than Kostyuk (25-5). Gauff was perfect on serve to drop just 1 point during her serving games (12-1). On the losing side, the Ukrainian conceded 13 points on serve (4-13).
Tennis Scores in Wuhan
- Cori GauffGauff – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-1)
- Magda LinetteLinette – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-2 6-3)
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (6-1 6-1)
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