Coco Gauff hustles Sakkari in the 3rd round – MIAMI RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Gauff prevails over Sakkari

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Luke Meyer
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Cori Gauff wins against Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Miami on Saturday. Gauff will seek to keep on going in this event against Magda Linette in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

Gauff
Miami
Gauff's Record

Gauff added to her prize money $ 42,825 after winning this match. She has already won $ 103,225 after this win. If she wins the next match, Coco will add $ 85,850 to her earnings to get in total $ 189,075 in total.

Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Maria Sakkari Miami Open – Miami

Gauff’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Gauff
Sakkari
Cori Gauff
6-2 6-4
1h:16
Maria Sakkari
59
59
Total points
44
44
21
21
Winners
17
17
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
70%
70%
1st in
64%
64%
64%
64%
1st won
47%
47%
21/33
21/33
1st won
17/36
17/36
57%
57%
2nd won
45%
45%
8/14
8/14
2nd won
9/20
9/20
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
Total
2/2
2/2
63%
63%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 59 points vs. Sakkari’s 44.

Gauff

The American was pretty focused in converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).

Sakkari

On the other side, Sakkari was fantastic in converting all her break points (2/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Sakkari is 5-5.

Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Magda Linette – stats

Gauff will compete against Linette in the 4th round.

This will be the 3rd time that Cori Gauff and Magda Linette clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Gauff won 6-0 6-4 in the quarter in Wuhan back in 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Gauff 6-2
GauffSakkari
6
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
GauffSakkari
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
GauffSakkari
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
GauffSakkari
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
GauffSakkari
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
GauffSakkari
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
GauffSakkari
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
GauffSakkari
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
GauffSakkari
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30

Coco in this set was in much better shape than Sakkari and without struggling too much she won 6-2 after breaking the Greek in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Gauff failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.

Gauff converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Sakkari wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (1-6 15-40).

They contested 52 points. Gauff was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the Greek (29-23). Coco surrendered 11 points on serve (17-11). On the other side, the Greek conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).

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

Gauff started the set strong after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Gauff to win the set since Maria found the way to break back in the 5th (3-2) game. Coco maintained her cool to break Maria in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game.

Maria was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.

The American converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40), the 8th (3-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, the Greek was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (2-2 0-40).

They played 51 points. Gauff won 9 more points than Sakkari (30-21). Coco surrendered 7 points on serve (12-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Sakkari conceded 18 points on serve (14-18).

1st
Gauff
Sakkari
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Gauff
Sakkari
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
 

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