TENNIS SCORES. Cori Gauff dispatches Babos in the 2nd round in New York

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK. Gauff gets by Babos to face Naomi Osaka in the 3rd round

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Cori Gauff prevails over Timea Babos 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Gauff will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Naomi Osaka in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Babos got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Gauff in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the American found the way to come back to break Babos 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.

Babos lost the 8th game (6-2) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.

Babos was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

2nd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Hungarian conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

3rd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Cori conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

Statistics

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

Highlights Cori Gauff vs. Timea Babos U.S. Open – New York

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Next Match: Cori Gauff vs. Naomi Osaka – stats

Gauff will compete against Osaka in the 3rd round.

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

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