BEIJING. Kasatkina shocks Sabalenka in the 2nd round of the China Open

Darya Kasatkina surprises Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 7-6⁵ in the 2^nd round in Beijing on Tuesday. Kasatkina will have to play Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Kasatkina won the set after she broke the Belarussian in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game. The Belarussian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (5-3) game. Nevertheless, the Russian didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 6-4.

Kasatkina failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.

A crucial moment of the match was when Darya won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

2^nd set.

Kasatkina was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Sabalenka in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more to do for the Russian to win the set because the Belarussian managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (3-3) game. Kasatkina kept her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.

Statistics

After this encounter, the head to head between Kasatkina and Sabalenka is 1-0 for Darya.

Highlights Darya Kasatkina vs. Aryna Sabalenka China Open – Beijing

Next Match: Darya Kasatkina vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats

Kasatkina will take on Alexandrova in the 3^rd round.

There is no head to head record between Darya Kasatkina and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Sofia KeninKenin – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Christina MchaleMchale (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Simona HalepHalep (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Belinda BencicBencic – Venus WilliamsWilliams (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Yafan WangWang (7-6⁵ 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Kiki BertensBertens – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-2 6-1) – See score progression

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• Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Elise MertensMertens (1-0) – See H2H details
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Madison KeysKeys (0-0) – See H2H details
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Alison RiskeRiske (0-1) – See H2H details
• Belinda BencicBencic – Petra KvitovaKvitova (1-3) – See H2H details
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Sofia KeninKenin (1-2) – See H2H details
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – See H2H details
• Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (3-1) – See H2H details