Gritty Bianca Vanessa Andreescu survives Kasatkina in the 2nd round of the Rogers Cup

Bianca Vanessa Andreescu survives Darya Kasatkina 5-7 6-2 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Toronto on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Andreescu will play against Kiki Bertens in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Russian won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 4^th (1-3) and in the 10^th (5-5) game. Kasatkina broke back 3 times in the 5^th (2-3), in the 9^th (5-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

Kasatkina failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.

2^nd set.

Andreescu in this set was much more effective than Darya and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Kasatkina 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game. the Canadian was broken in the in the 5^th (3-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to win the set (6-2).

3^rd set.

Andreescu won the set after she broke Darya 3 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th (7-5) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (3-4) game. However, Bianca Vanessa didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 7-5.

Darya couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set (from 3-5 to 7-5).

However also the Russian won 4 consecutive games from 1-3 to 5-3

At the end of the match, Bianca Vanessa scored 117 points vs. the Russian’s 108 points.

The Canadian won this match even if she had some problems in converting her break points since she converted only 38% (8/21). On the other side, Darya was pretty focused in converting 55% of the break points that she procured points (6/11). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Andreescu and Kasatkina is 1-0 for Bianca Vanessa.

Highlights Bianca Vanessa Andreescu vs. Darya Kasatkina Rogers Cup – Toronto

Andreescu’s Interview

Next Match: Bianca Vanessa Andreescu vs. Kiki Bertens – H2H and stats

Andreescu will fight against Bertens in the 3^rd round.

There is no head to head record between Bianca Vanessa Andreescu and Kiki Bertens since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.