On the evening of May 13, in the fourth round of WTA1000 Rome Station, Gauff and Badosa faced off, Badosa won the first set 7-5, and the second set broke the battle, Gauff won 6-4, and in the deciding set, Gauff won six games in a row and won the game 6-1.
Gauff advanced to the quarterfinals and faced Zheng Qinwen in the quarterfinals.
Gauff
In the first set, Gauff took the lead. Badosa broke first and won the set on her own serve in the tenth game, with Gauff breaking back to tie it at 5-5. In the eleventh game, the two sides engaged in a tug-of-war, and Badosa seized the opportunity at the fourth break point and broke again to make it 6-5. In the twelfth game, Badosa won the set on his second serve, successfully held serve, and won the first set 7-5.
Badosa
In the second set, Gauff continued to start. In the fourth game, Gauff broke first to make it 3-1. Badosa immediately broke back. In the sixth game, Gauff broke serve again. In the seventh game, Badosa broke back again. In the eighth game, Badosa held serve 4-4. In the ninth game, Gauff held serve. In the tenth game, Gauff broke serve on straight fours to win the second set 6-4.
In the deciding set, Gauff continued to start. Bardosa broke serve in the first game. Gauff broke back on the fourth break point in the second game. Gauff held serve in the third game, broke again in the fourth, held serve in the fifth, broke again in the sixth game, and held serve in the seventh game to win the deciding set 6-1.
Zheng Qinwen
In the quarterfinals, Zheng Qinwen faced Gauff, and the two met for the first time in their careers!