Unrelenting Anisimova grounds Kasatkina in the semifinal of the Melbourne Summer Set 2. HIGHLIGHTS – MELBOURNE RESULTS

Amanda Anisimova shocks Daria Kasatkina 6-2 6-0 in the semifinal in Melbourne on Saturday after playing a tremendous match to come up against Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the final. The match lasted just 56 minutes.

Melbourne

Anisimova's Record

Highlights Amanda Anisimova vs. Daria Kasatkina Melbourne Summer Set 2 – Melbourne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaLg-60NoPg

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Anisimova

Kasatkina

6-2 6-0
0h:56

59

59

Total points

35

35

20

20

Winners

11

11

34%

34%

Ratio Winners

31%

31%

-- Serve --

0

0

Aces

0

0

3

3

Double Faults

2

2

63%

63%

1st in

62%

62%

65%

65%

1st won

39%

39%

20/31

20/31

1st won

11/28

11/28

44%

44%

2nd won

18%

18%

8/18

8/18

2nd won

3/17

3/17

-- Break Points --

7/11

7/11

Total

2/5

2/5

64%

64%

Won

40%

40%

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At the end of the match, Amanda scored 59 points vs. Darya’s 35.

Anisimova

Anisimova was pretty effective at converting 64% of the break points that she conquered (7/11).

Kasatkina

On the other side, the Russian wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Anisimova and Kasatkina is 2-0 for Amanda.

Draw and next match H2H: Amanda Anisimova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich – stats

Anisimova will compete against Sasnovich in the final.

There is no head to head record between Amanda Anisimova and Aliaksandra Sasnovich since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Anisimova was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Daria Kasatkina in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the American to win the set as Kasatkina managed to break back in the 5^th (1-4) and in the 7^th (2-5) game. The American maintained her focus to break the Russian in the 6^th (5-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Anisimova failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Amanda won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

Anisimova was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40), the 3^rd (3-0 30-40), the 6^th (4-1 40-A) and the 8^th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, the Russian converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 3^rd (0-2 30-40), the 4^th (0-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7^th game (1-5 30-40).

They played 51 points. Anisimova won 11 points more than Kasatkina (31-20). Anisimova surrendered 11 points on serve (12-11). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 19 points on serve (9-19).

Darya wasn’t able to offer any resistance in this set and the American won the set 6-0.

The American converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4^th (3-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6^th game (5-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Kasatkina wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3^rd game (0-2 40-A).

They played 43 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Darya (28-15). The American dropped 10 points on serve (16-10). On the other side, Kasatkina conceded 12 points on serve (5-12).

Tennis Scores in Melbourne

• Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Ann LiLi (7-6⁴ 2-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (0-0) – H2H details and stats