BEIJING. Kasatkina hustles Peng in the 1st round

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING. Kasatkina gets the better of Peng to play Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Darya Kasatkina vs. Shuai Peng

Darya Kasatkina downs Shuai Peng 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Beijing on Saturday. Kasatkina will have to play Aryna Sabalenka in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Peng in this set was too good for the Russian and for that reason she won 6-2 after breaking Kasatkina in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

2nd set.

Kasatkina had a great start in this set after breaking Peng in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Kasatkina to win the set because the Chinese managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Darya maintained her cool to break Shuai in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).

Shuai was unable to find the solution in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-4 to 6-4).

3rd set.

Peng had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the Russian managed to stage a great comeback to break Shuai 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

Kasatkina won this match even if she won the same amount of points of Shuai (107 vs. 107).

The Russian won this match even if she had a tough time in converting her break points since she converted only 44% (7/16). On the other side, Shuai was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (7/14). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Kasatkina and Peng is 1-1.

Next Match: Darya Kasatkina vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats

Kasatkina will face Sabalenka in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Darya Kasatkina and Aryna Sabalenka since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

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