Zarina Diyas hustles Cori Gauff 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Washington on Tuesday. Diyas is going to play against Lesya Tsurenko in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Gauff got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Diyas in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the Kazakhstani refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the American 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
2nd set.
The Kazakhstani in this set didn’t concede much to the American and consequentely she won 6-2 after breaking Gauff in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Zarina lost a big opportunity to break the American in the 2nd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The American lost the plot in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).
At the end of the match, Zarina scored 66 points vs. the American’s 50 points.
The Kazakhstani won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points because she converted only 31% (5/16). On the other side, Gauff was exceptional in converting all the break points (2/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Diyas and Gauff is 1-0 for Zarina.
Highlights Zarina Diyas vs. Cori Gauff Citi Open – Washington
Next Match: Zarina Diyas vs. Lesya Tsurenko – H2H and stats
Diyas will face Tsurenko in the 2nd round.
This will be the 5th time that Zarina Diyas and Lesya Tsurenko clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Diyas and Tsurenko (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tsurenko won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Eastbourne back in June 2019.
