TENNIS SCORES. Cori Gauff upsets Potapova in the 1st round of the U.S. Open

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Gauff upsets Potapova to play Timea Babos in the 2nd round

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Cori Gauff upsets Anastasia Potapova 3-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday. Gauff will face Timea Babos in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Potapova had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Gauff in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Anastasia to win the set as Cori succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.

Potapova failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.

2nd set.

Potapova started the set strong after breaking Gauff in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Cori managed to stage a good comeback to break Anastasia 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Anastasia was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

3rd set.

Potapova enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Gauff in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the American found the way to come back to break Anastasia 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

A crucial moment of the match was when Gauff won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Gauff scored 89 points vs. Potapova’s 81 points.

Cori won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points because she converted only 37% (7/19). On the other side, Potapova was exceptional in converting all the break points (5/5). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Gauff and Potapova is 1-0 for Cori.

Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Anastasia Potapova U.S. Open – New York

Gauff’s Interview

Next Match: Cori Gauff vs. Timea Babos – stats

Gauff will square off with Babos in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Timea Babos since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Cori Gauff in New York

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