TENNIS SCORES WUHAN. Immense Garcia brushes past Kasatkina in the 1st round of the Wuhan Open

WUHAN OPEN - WUHAN. Garcia outpaces Kasatkina to play Ashleigh Barty in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Caroline Garcia vs. Darya Kasatkina

Caroline Garcia brushes past Darya Kasatkina 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Wuhan on Sunday after playing a solid match to clash against Ashleigh Barty in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Garcia was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Caroline to win the set since Kasatkina managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The French Player kept her cool to break the Russian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Kasatkina was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

2nd set.

Garcia had a strong start of this set after breaking Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Garcia extended her lead after breaking Kasatkina in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Caroline scored 64 points vs. Kasatkina’s 44 points.

Caroline was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7). On the other side, Kasatkina was not so effective in converting her break points because she converted only 13% of her break points (1/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

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

Next Match: Caroline Garcia vs. Ashleigh Barty – stats

Garcia will square off with Barty in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Caroline Garcia and Ashleigh Barty fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Garcia and Barty (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Barty won 6-3 6-4 in the R in Zhuhai back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

Upcoming matches

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  • Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Donna VekicVekic (0-2) – See H2H details
  • Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-1) – See H2H details
  • Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Alison RiskeRiske (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Monica PuigPuig – Angelique KerberKerber (2-3) – See H2H details
  • Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (4-1) – See H2H details
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  • Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Christina MchaleMchale (0-1) – See H2H details
  • Samantha StosurStosur – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Ashleigh BartyBarty – Caroline GarciaGarcia (1-1) – See H2H details
  • Simona HalepHalep – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (5-1) – See H2H details
  • Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (1-0) – See H2H details
  • Bernarda PeraPera – Kiki BertensBertens (0-1) – See H2H details
  • Petra KvitovaKvitova – Polona HercogHercog (1-0) – See H2H details