
Cori Gauff topples Victoria Mboko 3-6 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday. Gauff will have to play Magda Linette in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2021 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
Coco added to her prize money € 17,098 after conquering this match. She has already won € 38,313 after this win. If she wins the next match, Coco will add € 27,797 to her earnings to get in total € 66,110 in total.
Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Victoria Mboko Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Coco scored 84 points vs. the Canadian’s 62.
Gauff
The American was pretty effective at converting 69% of the break points that she conquered (9/13).
Mboko
On the other side, the Canadian was effective when converting 86% of the break points that she procured points (6/7). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Gauff and Mboko is 1-0 for Coco.
Draw and next match H2H: Cori Gauff vs. Magda Linette – stats
Gauff will square off with Linette in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Cori Gauff and Magda Linette clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Linette won 6-4 6-4 in the 4th round in Miami back in March 2025.
The American was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 3 games in the last 2 sets after winning 50 points vs. Linette’s 32 points.
Live score progression and stats
Gauff conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Victoria Mboko in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Mboko refused to bow to come back to break Gauff 4 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Canadian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
A defining moment of this set was when Mboko won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-2 to 5-2.
Mboko was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-2 15-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Gauff was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd (2-1 0-40), the 6th (2-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (2-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (2-6 0-40).
They played 64 points. This set was so close that, Victoria won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Canadian dropped 18 points on serve (12-18). On the other side, Coco conceded 20 points on serve (14-20).
Gauff had a great start in this set after breaking Victoria Mboko in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for the American to win the set as Mboko succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (2-4) game. The American maintained her cool to break the Canadian in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
The American was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Victoria was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (0-3 0-40) and the 6th game (1-4 40-A).
They contested 47 points. Gauff was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Victoria (26-21). Coco surrendered 11 points on serve (11-11). On the other side, Victoria conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).
The American won the set after she broke Victoria 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Mboko couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Gauff was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Gauff didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 35 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 17 more points than Victoria (26-9). Coco was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). In addition, on the other side, Mboko conceded 14 points on serve (5-14).
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