Daria Kasatkina downs Veronika Kudermetova 1-6 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in St. Petersburg on Friday in what was an all-Russian contest. Kasatkina will clash against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.
Darya added to her prize money $ 16,900 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 32,400 so far in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Darya will add $ 18,600 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,000.
Highlights Daria Kasatkina vs. Veronika Kudermetova St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy – St. Petersburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:41
At the end of the match, Darya scored 82 points vs. Kudermetova’s 62.
Kasatkina
Kasatkina was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8).
Kudermetova
On the other side, Kudermetova wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 13% – 2/15). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Kasatkina and Kudermetova is 1-0 for Darya.
Draw and next match H2H: Daria Kasatkina vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova – stats
Kasatkina will play Kuznetsova in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Daria Kasatkina and Svetlana Kuznetsova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Kasatkina was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 3 games in the last 2 sets after winning 68 points vs. Kuznetsova’s 37 points.
Live score progression and stats
Kudermetova was too strong to concede only 1 game before breaking Kasatkina 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Kasatkina was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Veronika was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Veronika didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Kudermetova conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Darya (25-14). Kudermetova conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, Kasatkina conceded 9 points on serve (9-9).
Kasatkina was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Kuznetsova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Darya reinforced her lead after breaking Kudermetova in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Darya won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Darya converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Veronika was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (0-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 50 points. Darya won 14 points more than Kudermetova (32-18). Kasatkina conceded 5 points on serve (17-5). In addition, on the other side, Veronika conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
Kasatkina got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Kuznetsova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Kasatkina managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Kudermetova in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).
A defining moment of this set was when Kasatkina won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Darya was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40). On the other side, Kudermetova was unable to convert any of her 6 break points. She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 55 points. Darya won 17 points more than Kudermetova (36-19). Darya surrendered 10 points on serve (24-10). on the other side of the court, Kudermetova conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).
Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-75 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (1-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Anastasia GasanovaGasanova (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Margarita GasparyanGasparyan – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – H2H details and stats
