Inexorable Kasatkina destroys Mertens in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS – SAN JOSE RESULTS

MUBADALA SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC - SAN JOSE DRAW AND RESULTS. Kasatkina clobbers Mertens

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Elise Mertens

Daria Kasatkina blitzes Elise Mertens 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in San Jose on Saturday after playing a superlative match. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kasatkina
San Jose
Kasatkina's Record

Darya added to her prize money $ 18,600 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 51,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 17,570 to her earnings to get in total $ 68,570 in total.

Highlights Daria Kasatkina vs. Elise Mertens Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic – San Jose

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kasatkina
Mertens
Daria Kasatkina
6-3 6-2
1h:21
Elise Mertens
72
72
Total points
52
52
33
33
Winners
22
22
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
7
7
77%
77%
1st in
53%
53%
83%
83%
1st won
58%
58%
33/40
33/40
1st won
22/38
22/38
42%
42%
2nd won
47%
47%
5/12
5/12
2nd won
16/34
16/34
-- Break Points --
3/14
3/14
Total
0/1
0/1
21%
21%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 72 points vs. Elise’s 52.

Kasatkina

Darya served extremely well to win 83% of the points (33/40) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 42% points (5/12) on her second serve. Kasatkina won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 21% (3/14) of the procured opportunities.

Mertens

On the other side, the Belgian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kasatkina and Mertens is 3-1 for Darya.

Daria Kasatkina Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Kasatkina snatched in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).

They played 56 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than the Belgian (33-23). Darya dropped 8 points on serve (23-8). In addition, on the other side, the Belgian conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).

Darya in this set didn’t concede much to Mertens and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Mertens in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Mertens was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Darya converted 20% of her break points (2/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Kasatkina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 64 points. Kasatkina conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the Belgian (38-26). Kasatkina conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, the Belgian conceded 22 points on serve (21-22).

 

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