Paula Badosa Gibert breezes past Daria Kasatkina 6-2 6-2 in the semifinal in Sydney on Friday after playing a superlative match to square off with Barbora Krejcikova in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Highlights Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Daria Kasatkina Sydney Tennis Classic – Sydney
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 66 points vs. Kasatkina’s 42.
Badosa
Paula didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (6/12).
Kasatkina
On the other side, Kasatkina didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Badosa and Kasatkina is 1-0 for Paula.
Draw and next match H2H: Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Barbora Krejcikova – stats
Badosa will face Krejcikova in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Paula Badosa Gibert and Barbora Krejcikova fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Badosa (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Badosa won 6-1 7-5 in the 4th round in Indian Wells back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Badosa had a strong start of this set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Yet, there was more to do for Badosa to win the set as Kasatkina managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. Badosa kept her cool to break Kasatkina in the 8th (6-2) game.
An important stage of this set was when Paula won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Badosa converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 3rd (3-0 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Darya was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (0-4 30-40).
They contested 49 points. Paula conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Kasatkina (31-18). Badosa dropped 5 points on serve (14-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Darya conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).
Badosa had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Paula to win the set because the Russian succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game. The Spaniard kept her focus to break Kasatkina in the 8th (6-2) game.
An important stage of this set was when Paula won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Spaniard converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (3-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (5-0 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, the Russian converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 5th (0-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They contested 59 points. Badosa conquered the set after winning 11 points more than the Russian (35-24). Badosa dropped 12 points on serve (18-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 17 points on serve (12-17).
Tennis Scores in Sydney
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-6 6-4 7-612) – Stats and score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-2) – H2H details and stats
