Daria Kasatkina gets the better of Garbine Muguruza 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Sydney on Thursday. Kasatkina will seek to keep on going in this event against Paula Badosa Gibert in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the quarter in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Daria Kasatkina vs. Garbine Muguruza Sydney Tennis Classic – Sydney
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 65 points vs. Garbine’s 53.
Kasatkina
The Russian served extremely well to win 77% of the points (27/35) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 45% points (10/22) on her second serve. The Russian won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Muguruza
On the other side, the Spaniard was stunning in converting all her break points (2/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kasatkina and Muguruza is 3-3.
Draw and next match H2H: Daria Kasatkina vs. Paula Badosa Gibert – stats
Kasatkina will play Badosa Gibert in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Daria Kasatkina and Paula Badosa Gibert since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Darya clinched in the 5th
game (3-2) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).The Russian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 59 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Muguruza (33-26). Kasatkina surrendered 7 points on serve (20-7). In addition, on the other side, Garbine conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).
Kasatkina overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Garbine Muguruza in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Kasatkina to win the set since Muguruza found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (2-2) game. Kasatkina maintained her focus to break the Spaniard in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
Kasatkina wasted a good opportunity to break Muguruza in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Russian converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Muguruza was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 59 points. Kasatkina was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Muguruza (32-27). Darya lost 13 points on serve (17-13). on the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Tennis Scores in Sydney
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Belinda BencicBencic (7-66 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-4 ret.) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – H2H details and stats