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

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

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

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 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd 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 1^st round in Beijing back in 2019.

Live score progression and stats

Osaka took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Pegula in the 1^st game (1-0). However, Jessica refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Russian 4 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 8^th (4-4), in the 10^th (5-5) gamein the 12^th 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 4^th (1-2 30-40), the 8^th (3-4 15-40), the 10^th (4-5 40-A) and the 12^th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, Kasatkina converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had her opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40), the 3^rd (2-0 40-A), the 7^th (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th 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 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (5-3) game. Darya tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (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 2^nd

(1-0 40-A), the 4^th (2-1 40-A) and the 8^th 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 7^th 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).

Tennis Scores in Rome

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• Jessica PegulaPegula – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Cori GauffGauff – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-5 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Qiang WangWang (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (7-6⁴ 6-7⁷ 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Christina MchaleMchale (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Magda LinetteLinette (1-6 6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Alison RiskeRiske (5-4 ret.) – Stats and score progression
• Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (3-6 6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Polona HercogHercog (7-6⁶ 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression

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