Cori Gauff vs Aryna Sabalenka Prediction: Put your money on Aryna Sabalenka!

After a successful quarterfinal round, the competition enters the Semifinals stage and Cori Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka are two of the four players to make it to this round. Cori Gauff saw off a challenge from Marta Kostyuk in the quarterfinals, while Aryna Sabalenka defeated Barbora Krejcikova to advance into the semifinal stage. This will be the 7th career meeting between Cori Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka.

Cori Gauff

It came as no surprise to see Cori Gauff make it this far in the competition. This is the very first time Cori Gauff made it to the quarter final of the competition, as the crashed out in the 4th round in the 2023 Australian Open. She lost to Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets in straight sets in that game. This year, Cori Gauff will hope to get into the final as she prepares to take on Aryna Sabalenka in this match.

Cori Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka are both familiar with each other’s game as they have faced each other on 6 occasions before now. Their most recent meeting was at the final of the US Open last year. Cori won the game in 3 sets, as she beat Aryna 2:6, 6:3, 6:2 to clinch the title. Her stats in the game was: 2 aces, 5 double faults, 33/53 first serve points won, 14/27 second serve points won, 6/10 break points saved, 14 games won and a total of 83 points won. Cori Gauff also has a clear dominance on the hardcourt outdoor surface against Aryna Sabalenka. Both players have played 4 games on that surface and Cori Gauff won 3 of those meetings.

Aryna Sabalenka

Aryna Sabalenka will have the US Open final 2023 in her mind when she prepares to take on Cori Gauff in this match. However, she can depend on her previous experience in this stage of the competition to get her through. She won the tournament last year, beating Elena Rybakina in 3 sets. They played an interesting 4:6,6:4,6:7 scoreline in that game. Now Aryna Sabalenka is back and her desire would be to retain her title, but she has to go through a tough Cori Gauff in this round.

Aryna lost to Cori Gauff in the US Open final last year. She lost the game in 3 sets as they played out a 2:6,6:3,6:2 scoreline. Aryna’s stats in that game was: 4 aces, 6 double faults, 25/39 first serve points, 16/38 second serve points, 4/9 break points saved, 4 break points converted, 11 games won and a total of 74 points. Aryna also trails on the head-to-head battle by 4:2 and 3:1 on the hardcourt outdoor surface.

Head to Head

Cori Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka have played 6 times in the past. Gauff won 4 of the 6 meetings and Aryna Sabalenka won 2.

Analysis and Predictions

Call me weird, but there’s a chance for Aryna Sabalenka here. Both players are formidable on their best days and at the moment, they seem to be at their very best. Aryna Sabalenka is familiar with the pressure of this stage in the tournament and that might be her greatest advantage.

• Cori Gauff to Win Over 9.5 Games at 1.65 Odds
• Sets Handicap 1 (+1.5) at 1.6 Odds
• Total Sets 3 at 2.20 Odds