Daria Kasatkina and Sorana Cirstea will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on Court 14. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daria Kasatkina who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daria Kasatkina is the pick to win this match.
Daria Kasatkina -> 1.59
Sorana Cirstea -> 2.49

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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Sorana Cirstea

This will be the 2nd time that Daria Kasatkina and Sorana Cirstea face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kasatkina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Kasatkina won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Madrid back in 2018.

Daria Kasatkina

Ranked no. 37, Kasatkina reached the 3rd round after defeating Misaki Doi 6-3 5-7 6-3 and Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Kasatkina had a good straight sets win against Bencic (6-2 6-2). During the match, Kasatkina scored 65 points vs Bencic’s 48. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kasatkina made 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Daria Kasatkina conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 75% of her first serves in, win 80% (32/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 23% (3/13) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Bencic 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Darya started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points she played.

Kasatkina has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of her matches (247-136). 5-4 on clay in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kasatkina has a composed99-39 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Melbourne where she overcame Marie Bouzkova in the final 4-6 6-2 6-2 and in in St. Petersburg where she beat Margarita Gasparyan in the final 6-3 2-1 ret..

Kasatkina has a compiled 20-8 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See her history.

French Open
Kasatkina's Record

Sorana Cirstea

Ranked no. 54, Sorana reached the 3rd round after defeating Johanna Konta 7-65 6-2 and Martina Trevisan 6-4 3-6 6-4.

In the 2nd round, The Romanian defeated Trevisan (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match Cirstea scored 107 points vs Trevisan’s 100. Sorana was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Cirstea made 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 7 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 64% of her first serves in, winning 59% (35/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. Cirstea broke Trevisan 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sorana started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Istanbul where she defeated Elise Mertens in the final 6-1 7-6(3).

The Romanian has an overall 16-7 win-loss record in 2021, 10-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2009. See her history.

French Open
Cirstea's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Kasatkina
S.Cirstea
3h:39
3h:39
Time on court​
4h:07
4h:07
1h:16
1h:16
Last match​
!
2h:37
2h:37
2
2
Match played
2
2
46
46
Games Played​
50
50
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
174
174
Total points​
178
178
87
87
Avg point​
89
89
67
67
Winners
63
63
33.5
33.5
Avg Winners​
31.5
31.5
39%
39%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
3
3
5
5
Avg Aces
1.5
1.5
7
7
Double Faults
3
3
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
67/101
67/101
1st won total​
63/98
63/98
66%
66%
1st won %
64%
64%
22/56
22/56
2nd won total​
29/57
29/57
!
39%
39%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
12/21
12/21
BP won
11/21
11/21
6/10.5
6/10.5
Avg BP won
5.5/10.5
5.5/10.5
!
57%
57%
Won
!
52%
52%
14
14
Conceded
17
17
7
7
Avg Conceded
8.5
8.5
6
6
Broken
9
9
3
3
Avg Broken
!
4.5
4.5
8
8
Saved
8
8
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kasatkina Cirstea
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 46 50
Pts 174-152 178-156
Total Points 326 334
Winners 67 63
%Winners 39% 35%

Both Kasatkina and Cirstea played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Daria Kasatkina surrendered 1 set, while Sorana Cirstea lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kasatkina and Cirstea have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kasatkina played 4 games less than Cirstea. The Russian scored 67 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian made 63 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kasatkina Cirstea
Aces 10 3
Avg per match 5 1.5
1st in 101/157 98/155
%1st in 64% 63%
1st pts 67/101 63/98
%1st pts 66% 64%
2nd pts 22/56 29/57
%2nd pts 39% 51%

Kasatkina made 10 aces (5 per match). Cirstea managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kasatkina won 66% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kasatkina Cirstea
Won 12 11
Converted 12/21 11/21
% Converted 57% 52%
Conceded 14 17
Saved 8 8
% Saved 57% 47%
Times Broken 6 9

Kasatkina broke her opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. Darya conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Sorana broke her opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Cirstea conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 47% of the break points that she conceded.

Kasatkina
R1
Doi		 R2
Bencic		 Total
Score 6-3 5-7 6-3 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 30 16 46
pts 109-104 65-48 174-152
Total points 213 113 326
Winners 35 32 67
%Winners 32% 49% 39%
SERVE
Aces 2 8 10
Double Faults 5 2 7
1st in 61/104 40/53 101/157
% 1st in 59% 75% 64%
1st pts 35/61 32/40 67/101
% 1st pts 57% 80% 66%
2nd pts 19/43 3/13 22/56
% 2nd pts 44% 23% 39%
Breaks
Won 8 4 12
Converted 8/12 4/9 12/21
Converted % 67% 44% 57%
Conceded 14 0 14
Saved 8/14 0/0 8
Saved % 57% – 29%
Times Broken 6 0 6
Cirstea
R1
Konta		 R2
Trevisan		 Total
Score 7-65 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 21 29 50
pts 71-56 107-100 178-156
Total points 127 207 334
Winners 28 35 63
%Winners 39% 33% 35%
SERVE
Aces 0 3 3
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 39/63 59/92 98/155
% 1st in 62% 64% 63%
1st pts 28/39 35/59 63/98
% 1st pts 72% 59% 64%
2nd pts 14/24 15/33 29/57
% 2nd pts 58% 45% 51%
Breaks
Won 4 7 11
Converted 4/8 7/13 11/21
Converted % 50% 54% 52%
Conceded 4 13 17
Saved 2/4 6/13 8
Saved % 50% 46% 48%
Times Broken 2 7 9

Tennis Scores at the French Open

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