Relentless Kasatkina exterminates Pironkova in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Kasatkina outpaces Pironkova to square off with Marketa Vondrousova in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Tsvetana Pironkova

Daria Kasatkina clobbers Tsvetana Pironkova 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in New York on Monday after playing an impressive match to come up against Marketa Vondrousova in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kasatkina
New York
Kasatkina's Record

Darya added to her prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 115,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 65,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Daria Kasatkina vs. Tsvetana Pironkova U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kasatkina
Pironkova
Daria Kasatkina
6-2 6-1
1h:04
Tsvetana Pironkova
59
59
Total points
35
35
19
19
Winners
15
15
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
13
13
Unforced
27
27
33%
33%
Ratio Unforced
68%
68%
2/5
2/5
Net Approaches
5/15
5/15
40%
40%
Perc
33%
33%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
61%
61%
1st in
64%
64%
83%
83%
1st won
42%
42%
19/23
19/23
1st won
15/36
15/36
47%
47%
2nd won
40%
40%
7/15
7/15
2nd won
8/20
8/20
175
175
Fastest serve
173
173
140
140
AVG 1st Serve
154
154
106
106
AVG 2nd Serve
115
115
-- Break Points --
6/10
6/10
Total
1/1
1/1
60%
60%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Darya scored 59 points vs. the Bulgarian’s 35.

Kasatkina

Kasatkina served pretty well to win 83% of the points (19/23) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 47% points (7/15) on her second serve. Darya was effective when converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10).

Pironkova

On the other side, Pironkova was remarkable in converting the only break point that she converted. Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Kasatkina and Pironkova is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Daria Kasatkina vs. Marketa Vondrousova – stats

Kasatkina will face Vondrousova in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Daria Kasatkina and Marketa Vondrousova play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Vondrousova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Vondrousova won 7-5 2-6 6-2 in the 3rd round in Rome back in 2019.

Daria Kasatkina Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Kasatkina started the set in the best possible way after breaking Tsvetana Pironkova in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Darya to win the set as the Bulgarian found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Kasatkina maintained her focus to break Tsvetana in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Pironkova was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Darya converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).

They played 59 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Tsvetana (35-24). The Russian conceded 8 points on serve (14-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Bulgarian conceded 21 points on serve (16-21).

Kasatkina had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Tsvetana Pironkova in the 1st game (1-0). Kasatkina managed to boost her lead after breaking Tsvetana in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

Pironkova had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.

Kasatkina was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 35 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than the Bulgarian (24-11). Kasatkina was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Tsvetana conceded 12 points on serve (7-12).

 

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