Magda Linette grounds Daria Kasatkina 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in Cleveland on Thursday after playing a marvellous match to clash against Irina-Camelia Begu in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 3 minutes.
Highlights Magda Linette vs. Daria Kasatkina Tennis in the Land – Cleveland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Magda scored 57 points vs. the Russian’s 32.
Linette
The Pole was well focused in converting 83% of the break points that she procured (5/6).
Kasatkina
On the other side, Darya was not so effective in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Linette and Kasatkina is 2-1 for Magda.
Draw and next match H2H: Magda Linette vs. Irina-Camelia Begu – stats
Linette will square off with Begu in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Magda Linette and Irina-Camelia Begu clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Linette (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Linette won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Seoul back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Linette had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Magda to win the set because Darya managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Pole kept her cool to break the Russian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Kasatkina couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Linette converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Kasatkina converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 0th (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (0-2 40-A).
They contested 46 points. Magda was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than the Russian (30-16
). Linette conceded 11 points on serve (17-11). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (5-13).Linette in this set was much more effective than Darya and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Kasatkina in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Russian was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
They played 43 points. Linette conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Kasatkina (28-15). Magda surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).
Tennis Scores in Cleveland
- Magda LinetteLinette – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 5-7 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Magda LinetteLinette – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (1-3) – H2H details and stats