Mathieu Warnier, Media365, published on Tuesday February 20, 2024 at 8:35 p.m.
After her failure to enter Doha, Coco Gauff was able to bounce back by successfully entering the WTA tournament in Dubai with a victory in two sets over Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
The disappointment of Doha is forgotten for Coco Gauff. Exited as soon as she entered the fray in Qatar, the American was able to overcome the Elisabetta Cocciaretto obstacle for her first match in the WTA tournament in Dubai. The world number 3 took the match from the right end, winning her first service game without forcing before converting her second break point. However, the Italian had the necessary resources to immediately erase her trailing service game… before losing the thread of the match. Indeed, the 58th in the world was put in great difficulty when it came into play and did not have the means to reciprocate. Coco Gauff then took the opportunity to win four consecutive games, concluding the first round on the third occasion. An ascendancy that the number 3 seed of the tournament did not fail to consolidate from the start of the second set. Indeed, thanks to two break points converted out of two obtained, Coco Gauff was able to quickly lead three games to nothing.
Cocciaretto ended up cracking against Gauff
But, as earlier in this meeting, Elisabetta Cocciaretto was able to reverse the trend. Saving in the meantime a new opportunity to lose her commitment, the Italian fought hard to erase her two late service games. Touched, the American was absolutely not sunk, taking control again at the end of the seventh game. The world number 3 then started a sequence of five games all concluded in favor of the player who received. Which allowed Coco Gauff to lead six games to five and serve to win the match. Regaining her seriousness on the court, the Delray Beach native tightened the game to hold her serve. The first match point was the right one (6-1, 7-5 in 1h43′). With this victory, Coco Gauff joins Karolina Pliskova in the round of 16. The Czech, semi-finalist last week in Doha, got the better of another American, Ashlyn Krueger, in three sets (6-7, 6-3, 6-4 in 2h20′).
2024-02-20 19:35:00
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