Paula Badosa downs Kasatkina in the 1st round – BEIJING RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING DRAW AND RESULTS. Badosa topples Kasatkina

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Paula Badosa hustles Daria Kasatkina 4-6 7-6(7) 6-4 in the 1st round in Beijing on Thursday. Badosa will fight against Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Badosa
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Badosa's Record

The Spaniard added to her prize money $ 14,920 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 24,335 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Spaniard will add $ 11,775 to her earnings to get in total $ 36,110 in total.

Highlights Paula Badosa vs. Daria Kasatkina China Open – Beijing

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Badosa
Kasatkina
Paula Badosa
4-6 7-67 6-4
2h:38
Daria Kasatkina
113
113
Total points
114
114
45
45
Winners
46
46
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
3
3
9
9
Double Faults
6
6
67%
67%
1st in
81%
81%
56%
56%
1st won
53%
53%
45/81
45/81
1st won
46/86
46/86
38%
38%
2nd won
35%
35%
15/40
15/40
2nd won
7/20
7/20
-- Break Points --
8/10
8/10
Total
8/19
8/19
80%
80%
Won
42%
42%
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Paula won this contest even if she conquered less points than Darya (113 vs. 114).

Badosa

Paula was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that she conquered (8/10).

Kasatkina

On the other side, Darya had some problems converting her break points (only 42% – 8/19). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Badosa and Kasatkina is 5-4 for Paula.

Draw and next match H2H: Paula Badosa vs. Jelena Ostapenko – stats

Badosa will compete against Ostapenko in the 2nd round.

This will be the 6th time that Paula Badosa and Jelena Ostapenko fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Ostapenko won 3-6 7-63 6-2 in the 2nd round in Toronto back in 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Kasatkina 6-4
KasatkinaBadosa
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KasatkinaBadosa
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
KasatkinaBadosa
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
KasatkinaBadosa
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
KasatkinaBadosa
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
KasatkinaBadosa
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
KasatkinaBadosa
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
KasatkinaBadosa
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
KasatkinaBadosa
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
KasatkinaBadosa
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A

Kasatkina won the set after she broke Badosa 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Badosa tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Yet, Darya stayed solid to win the set 6-4.

Kasatkina was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Paula was perfect in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).

They played 72 points. Darya won 10 points more than Paula (41-31). Darya conceded 14 points on serve (19-14). On the losing side, Badosa conceded 22 points on serve (17-22).

2nd Set -
Badosa 7-6
BadosaKasatkina
7
6
B
0
1
K
1
1
K
2
1
B
2
2
B
2
3
K
2
4
K
2
5
B
3
5
B
4
5
K
5
5
K
6
5
B
6
6
B
7
6
K
7
7
K
8
7
B
9
7
BadosaKasatkina
6
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
BadosaKasatkina
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
BadosaKasatkina
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
BadosaKasatkina
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BadosaKasatkina
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
BadosaKasatkina
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BadosaKasatkina
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BadosaKasatkina
2
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
BadosaKasatkina
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
BadosaKasatkina
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
BadosaKasatkina
2
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BadosaKasatkina
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Badosa enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that was not enough for Badosa to win the set since Darya succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game. The Spaniard maintained her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 7.

Tiebreak

Badosa won 6 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, the Australian won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2) and 12th (6-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

Paula converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). The Spaniard saved 3 set points when she was 2-5, 3-5 and 4-5 down. Furthermore, on the other side, the Australian converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 93 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Spaniard won barely 1 point more than Kasatkina (47-46). The Spaniard dropped 22 points on serve (27-22). on the other side of the net, Kasatkina conceded 20 points on serve (24-20).

3rd Set -
Badosa 6-4
BadosaKasatkina
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BadosaKasatkina
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BadosaKasatkina
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BadosaKasatkina
3
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BadosaKasatkina
2
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
BadosaKasatkina
2
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BadosaKasatkina
1
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
BadosaKasatkina
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
BadosaKasatkina
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
BadosaKasatkina
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Badosa came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Badosa to win the set since Darya found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Badosa kept her focus to break Kasatkina in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).

Kasatkina was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4.

Paula was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 5th (1-3 15-40), the 6th (2-4 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Kasatkina converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40).

They contested 57 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Darya (32-25). Badosa lost 15 points on serve (12-15). On the losing side, Darya conceded 20 points on serve (10-20).

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

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