Daria Kasatkina victorious over Emerson Jones 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Adelaide on Wednesday. Kasatkina will have to play Madison Keys in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Daria Kasatkina vs. Emerson Jones Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:28
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 74 points vs. the Australian’s 66.
Kasatkina
Darya didn’t lose the focus when converting 60% of the break points that she conquered (6/10).
Jones
On the other side, the Australian was struggling when converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kasatkina and Jones is 1-0 for Darya.
Draw and next match H2H: Daria Kasatkina vs. Madison Keys – stats
Kasatkina will take on Keys in the quarter.
This will be the 12th time that Daria Kasatkina and Madison Keys clash against each other. The head to head is 9-2 for Keys (see full H2H stats), 8-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Keys won 6-2 7-613 in the final in Eastbourne back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Kasatkina had a favorable start in this set after breaking Emerson Jones in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Kasatkina managed to stage a good comeback to break the Australian 4 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Kasatkina failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.
A defining moment of this set was when the Russian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the game count from 0-2 to 5-2.
Darya converted 57% of her break points (4/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (5-5 0-40) and the 13th game (7-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Australian converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 0-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40), the 8th (2-5 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 82 points. Kasatkina conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Emerson (43-39). The Russian surrendered 22 points on serve (21-22). In addition, on the other side, Emerson conceded 22 points on serve (17-22).
Kasatkina overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Emerson Jones in the 2nd game (2-0). Kasatkina to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Kasatkina converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Jones wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 58 points. Darya was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Emerson (31-27). Darya surrendered 10 points on serve (19-10). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Belinda BencicBencic (7-63 4-6 6-4)
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-64 6-4)
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Paula BadosaBadosa (7-64 6-74 6-2)
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Emerson JonesJones (7-5 6-3)
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-2 6-4)
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-4 6-1)
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (4-6 1-1 ret.)
- Madison KeysKeys – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (3-6 6-4 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Madison KeysKeys – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (9-2) – H2H details and stats
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-0) – H2H details and stats
