Daria Kasatkina wins against Margarita Gasparyan 6-3 2-1 ret. in the final in St. Petersburg on Sunday in what was an all-Russian affair. Unfortunately, Margarita had to pull out from the match because of a back injury. The match lasted just 55 minutes. This is the first time that Kasatkina conquered this tournament.
Darya added $ 17,570 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 68,570 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Daria Kasatkina vs. Margarita Gasparyan St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy – St. Petersburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Kasatkina scored 40 points vs. Gasparyan’s 32.
Kasatkina
Kasatkina was effective when converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6).
Gasparyan
On the other side, Gasparyan was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Kasatkina and Gasparyan is 1-0 for Darya.
This was the 4th career title for Kasatkina (see list of the title). Gasparyan remains with 2nd titles after she conquered the tournament in Baku 2015 and in Tashkent 2018. (see list of the title)
Live score progression and stats
In the first set. Kasatkina took off at the beginning of the set after breaking in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Kasatkina to win the set as Margarita found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Darya kept her cool to break Margarita in the 4th (3-1) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Darya was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Margarita converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (0-2 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 50 points. Darya was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Gasparyan (28-22). Kasatkina lost 10 points on serve (18-10). On the other side, Gasparyan conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
