Coco Gauff vs Elisabetta Cocciaretto Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA French Open

Prediction published on 01/06/2024, 17:05  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 01/06/2024 at 17:08 in Tennis Predictions

Cori Gauff, the third seed at the French Open, will play the unseeded Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the competition's fourth round. This is the third meeting between the two and the winner will play Ons Jabeur or Clara Tauson in the quarter-finals. Cori Gauff has progressed to the second week of competing at Roland Garros for the fourth consecutive season. She has made the quarter-finals twice in this run and was a finalist in 2022. The reigning US Open champion will be seeking another deep that hopefully will yield her second Grand Slam title. Gauff is yet to drop a set in this year’s tournament. She defeated 30th seed Dayana Yastremska by the loss of six games last time out. This was her 10th win in 13 outings on clay and improved her record to 28-8. The world number three has won one title, Auckland, and has produced three semi-final finishes in Melbourne, Rome and Indian Wells. Gauff defeated Cocciaretto in straight sets in Dubai earlier this year and is now unbeaten in two matches against the Italian.

Elisabetta Cocciaretto has never progressed to week two at Grand Slam level before. Her best-ever finish as a major came in her run to the third round here last season. In this year’s edition, she has defeated two seeded players and will be confident of causing another upset. The 23-year-old began her campaign with a three-set victory over 13th seed and last year’s semi-finalist Beatriz Haddad Maia. She was more dominant in the second round against the unseeded Cristina Bucsa whom she eliminated by the loss of five games. To advance to this round, Cocciaretto, who is now up to 43rd in the live ranking, ended 17th seed Liudmilla Samsonova’s campaign. She won in straight sets and gave up eight games to the Russian. Cocciaretto is a strong clay court player and has registered half of her 20 wins this year in 16 outings on the surface.