WTA Adelaide: Cori Gauff vs Paolini's MATCH-POINT
by LORENZO CIOTTI | VIEW 2175
The season post Australian Open 2021 will start with four tournaments: the ATP events in Cordoba, Montpellier and Singapore and the WTA tournament in Adelaide. Cori Gauff, 16-year-old American star beat Jasmine Paolini 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2 in the first-round match at the WTA of Adelaide.
Gauff lost to fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina in straight sets at the Australian Open. Ashleigh Barty, who lost in the Australian Open quarterfinals, is the defending champion: she got a wild-card entry and she will play American Danielle Collins in a second-round match.
In other Adelaide matches, French Open champion Iga Swiatek beat American Madison Brengle 6-3, 6-4, Petra Martic defeated Ludmila Samsonova 4-6, 6-0, 7-5 and Jil Teichmann beat Kristina Mladenovic 6-2, 7- 6 (5). Below th match-point of Cori Gauff vs Paolini's challenge.
Coco gets it done! @CocoGauff will face No. 6 seed Martic in Round 2 after edging Paolini 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-2.#AdelaideTennis pic.twitter.com/qLVyVvHcDO — wta (@WTA) February 23, 2021