Coco Gauff clobbers Li in the 3rd round – MADRID RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Gauff soars past Li

By
Luke Meyer
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Cori Gauff blitzes Ann Li 6-2 6-3 in the 3rd round in Madrid on Saturday in what was an all-American encounter after playing a fantastic match to play Belinda Bencic in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 6 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

Gauff
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Gauff's Record

Coco added to her prize money € 37,520 after winning this match. She has already won € 90,445 after this win. If she wins the next match, Coco will add € 75,225 to her earnings to get in total € 165,670 in total.

Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Ann Li Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Gauff
Li
Cori Gauff
6-2 6-3
1h:06
Ann Li
61
61
Total points
42
42
22
22
Winners
17
17
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
60%
60%
1st in
58%
58%
73%
73%
1st won
55%
55%
22/30
22/30
1st won
17/31
17/31
50%
50%
2nd won
32%
32%
10/20
10/20
2nd won
7/22
7/22
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
Total
2/3
2/3
56%
56%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, Coco scored 61 points vs. Ann’s 42.

Gauff

Gauff was pretty focused in converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9).

Li

On the other side, Ann was effective when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Li is 3-0 for Coco.

Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Belinda Bencic – stats

Gauff will square off with Bencic in the 4th round.

This will be the 5th time that Cori Gauff and Belinda Bencic fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Gauff and Bencic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Bencic won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the 4th round in Indian Wells back in March 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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GauffLi
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0
0
L
0
0

Gauff had a great start in this set after breaking Ann Li in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Gauff managed to stage a great comeback to break Ann 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

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

Ann was outplayed in the last 7 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-2 to 6-2.

Gauff converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Li converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40 and 15-40).

They contested 49 points. Gauff was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Li (32-17). Gauff dropped 8 points on serve (17-8). On the losing side, Ann conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).

2nd Set -
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0
0
0
0

Gauff overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Ann Li in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Coco to win the set as Li succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Gauff kept her cool to break Ann in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

Coco converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Li was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).

They played 53 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Coco won just 3 more points than Li (28-25). Coco conceded 10 points on serve (15-10). In addition, on the other side, Li conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).

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

Tennis Scores in Madrid

  • Donna VekicVekic – Emma NavarroNavarro (4-6 6-3 6-2)
  • Belinda BencicBencic – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-3 4-6 7-62)
  • Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-5 6-3)
  • Cori GauffGauff – Ann LiLi (6-2 6-3)
  • Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (2-6 7-62 6-0)
  • Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-0 6-0)
  • Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Linda NoskovaNoskova (6-4 6-2)
  • Madison KeysKeys – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (7-5 7-63)

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