Jessica Pegula gets the better of Kasatkina in the 1st round – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Pegula beats Kasatkina to face Naomi Osaka in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Daria Kasatkina

Jessica Pegula topples Daria Kasatkina 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Rome on Monday. Pegula will have to play Naomi Osaka in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes.

Pegula
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Pegula's Record

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Pegula
Kasatkina
Jessica Pegula
7-5 6-3
1h:36
Daria Kasatkina
76
76
Total points
63
63
27
27
Winners
23
23
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
54%
54%
1st in
61%
61%
77%
77%
1st won
51%
51%
27/35
27/35
1st won
23/45
23/45
33%
33%
2nd won
41%
41%
10/30
10/30
2nd won
12/29
12/29
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
Total
4/9
4/9
67%
67%
Won
44%
44%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 76 points vs. Kasatkina’s 63.

Pegula

Pegula served pretty well to win 77% of the points (27/35) behind her first serve. However she won only 33% points (10/30) on her second serve. Pegula was effective when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (6/9).

Kasatkina

On the other side, Kasatkina had some problems converting her break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Jessica Pegula vs. Naomi Osaka – stats

Pegula will play Osaka in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Jessica Pegula and Naomi Osaka clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Osaka won 6-3 7-65 in the 1st round in Beijing back in 2019.

Jessica Pegula Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Osaka took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Pegula in the 1st game (1-0). However, Jessica refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Russian 4 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4), in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Pegula was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40), the 10th (4-5 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, Kasatkina converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 40-A), the 7th (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-4 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 74 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Kasatkina (39-35). The American lost 20 points on serve (19-20). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 20 points on serve (15-20).

Pegula won the set after she broke Darya in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Darya tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Jessica didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-3.

Pegula converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Kasatkina converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 65 points. Pegula was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Kasatkina (37-28). Pegula conceded 8 points on serve (18-8). On the losing side, Darya conceded 19 points on serve (20-19).

 

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