Daria Kasatkina defeats Mirra Andreeva 6-0 4-6 6-4 in the final in Ningbo on Sunday in what was an all-Russian encounter. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Daria Kasatkina vs. Mirra Andreeva Ningbo Open – Ningbo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:54
At the end of the match, Darya scored 87 points vs. Andreeva’s 68.
Kasatkina
Darya was pretty effective at converting 88% of the break points that she conquered (7/8).
Andreeva
On the other side, Andreeva was pretty effective at converting 57% of the break points that she conquered points (4/7). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kasatkina and Andreeva is 1-0 for Darya.
This was the 8th career title for Kasatkina. (see list of titles and finals). Mirra 0th remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Iasi 2024. (see list of titles and finals)
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This set was completely uneven as Darya conceded no games to Andreeva before winning the set 6-0.
Kasatkina converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 2nd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (4-0 15-40) and the 7th game (6–1 0-40). On the other side, Andreeva was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 40-A and 40-A).
They played 52 points. Darya was the winner of the set after clinching 18 more points than Andreeva (35-17). Kasatkina lost 9 points on serve (16-9). on the other side of the net, Mirra conceded 19 points on serve (8-19).
Andreeva won the set after she broke Kasatkina in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Kasatkina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, Andreeva didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-4.
Mirra failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.
Mirra was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Kasatkina was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-4 0-40).
They played 49 points. Mirra was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Darya (28-21). Mirra lost 8 points on serve (16-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Darya conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
Kasatkina had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Mirra Andreeva in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, Darya was not done to come back to break Andreeva in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Darya won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-3 to 5-3.
Kasatkina was perfect in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Mirra was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).
They played 54 points. Darya won 8 points more than Andreeva (31-23). Darya conceded 8 points on serve (17-8). on the other side of the net, Mirra conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
