Steadfast Darya Kasatkina outlasts Grabher in the 3rd round to set up a battle vs Ostapenko – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Kasatkina survives Grabher to play Jelena Ostapenko in the 4th round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Julia Grabher

Daria Kasatkina survives Julia Grabher 7-5 4-6 7-6(2) in the 3rd round in Rome on Sunday after conquering a huge battle. Kasatkina will engage against Jelena Ostapenko in the 4th round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 19 minutes. Her best achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kasatkina
Rome
Kasatkina's Record

Kasatkina added to her prize money € 16,430 after conquering this match. She has already won € 39,130 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add € 34,800 to her earnings to get in total € 73,930 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kasatkina
Grabher
Daria Kasatkina
7-5 4-6 7-62
3h:19
Julia Grabher
140
140
Total points
124
124
69
69
Winners
53
53
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
5
5
85%
85%
1st in
65%
65%
62%
62%
1st won
61%
61%
69/111
69/111
1st won
53/87
53/87
47%
47%
2nd won
40%
40%
9/19
9/19
2nd won
19/47
19/47
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
5/13
5/13
38%
38%
Won
38%
38%
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At the end of the match, Kasatkina scored 140 points vs. Julia’s 124.

Kasatkina

Darya won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points as she converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Grabher

On the other side, the Austrian had a tough time converting her break points (only 38% – 5/13). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Kasatkina and Grabher is 1-0 for Darya.

Draw and next match H2H: Daria Kasatkina vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats

Kasatkina will square off with Ostapenko in the 4th round.

This will be the 7th time that Daria Kasatkina and Jelena Ostapenko play each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Ostapenko won 6-1 3-6 8-6 in the 2nd round in London back in 2021.

Daria Kasatkina Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Darya won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game, The Russian broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.

The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.

Kasatkina converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Julia was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).

They contested 87 points. Darya won 13 points more than Julia (50-37). Kasatkina conceded 15 points on serve (26-15). In addition, on the other side, Grabher conceded 24 points on serve (22-24).

2nd Set -
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Kasatkina commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Julia Grabher in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, the Austrian succeeded in coming back to break Kasatkina in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

There was an important spell in this set when Grabher won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-3 to 5-3.

Julia was unerring in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-3 30-40), the 9th (5-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40). On the other side, Kasatkina was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).

They played 81 points. The Austrian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Russian (45-36). Julia conceded 15 points on serve (21-15). In addition, on the other side, Kasatkina conceded 24 points on serve (21-24).

3rd Set -
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Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. the Russian had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.

Tiebreak

Darya won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 6th (4-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Julia won a minibreak in the 3rd (2-1) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2

The Russian was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Austrian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-4 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).

They played 96 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Julia (54-42). The Russian lost 15 points on serve (28-15). on the other side of the court, the Austrian conceded 26 points on serve (27-26).

1st
Kasatkina
Grabher
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Kasatkina
Grabher
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Kasatkina
Grabher
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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