NEW YORK. Darya Kasatkina wins against Bondarenko in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Kasatkina wins against Bondarenko to square off with Christina Mchale in the next round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Kateryna Bondarenko

Daria Kasatkina prevails over Kateryna Bondarenko 7-61 4-6 6-0 in the qualifications in New York on Thursday. Kasatkina will play against Christina Mchale in the next round.

Score, report, and key facts

Darya won the set after she broke the Ukrainian 3 times in the 7th (4-3), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Ukrainian tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 8th (4-4), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Nonetheless, Kasatkina kept the situation under control to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 1.

The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.

Tiebreak

The Russian won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1) and 8th (7-1) point.

Darya won the tiebreak 7-1 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

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

Kasatkina converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40) and the 10th game (5-5 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Ukrainian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had her opportunities in the 8th (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (4-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).

They contested 86 points. Kasatkina was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Kateryna (49-37). Darya lost 18 points on serve (25-18). Regarding the other side of the net, Kateryna conceded 24 points on serve (19-24).

Bondarenko commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Kasatkina in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for Kateryna to win the set since Darya succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (2-4) game. The Ukrainian kept her cool to break the Russian in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-4).

Bondarenko converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Kasatkina converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 4th (0-3 30-40), the 5th (1-4 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 61 points. Kateryna conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Darya (34-27). Kateryna surrendered 16 points on serve (18-16). In addition, on the other side, Darya conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).

Kateryna was unable to hold the serve for the entire set and Kasatkina won the set 6-0.

The Russian was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40). On the other side, Darya didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 30 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 18 points more than the Ukrainian (24-6). Darya was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the net, Bondarenko conceded 12 points on serve (2-12).

Match Statistics

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At the end of the match, Kasatkina scored 100 points vs. Kateryna’s 79.

Kasatkina won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points after she converted only 47% (8/17) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Bondarenko was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that she procured points (6/10). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kasatkina and Bondarenko is 2-0 for Darya.

Draw and next match H2H: Daria Kasatkina vs. Christina Mchale – stats

Kasatkina will compete against Mchale in the next round.

This will be the 3rd time that Daria Kasatkina and Christina Mchale face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kasatkina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kasatkina won 6-3 3-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Charleston back in 2018.

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