Great Kasatkina outpaces Linette in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Kasatkina grounds Linette to take on Iga Swiatek in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Magda Linette

Daria Kasatkina destroys Magda Linette 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday after playing a terrific match to deal with Iga Swiatek in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. This run will match her most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kasatkina
Melbourne
Kasatkina's Record

The Russian added to her prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 120,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.

Highlights Daria Kasatkina vs. Magda Linette Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kasatkina
Linette
Daria Kasatkina
6-2 6-3
1h:20
Magda Linette
68
68
Total points
48
48
34
34
Winners
24
24
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
16
16
Unforced
23
23
41%
41%
Ratio Unforced
59%
59%
9/9
9/9
Net Approaches
7/11
7/11
100%
100%
Perc
64%
64%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
74%
74%
1st in
65%
65%
85%
85%
1st won
60%
60%
34/40
34/40
1st won
24/40
24/40
36%
36%
2nd won
41%
41%
5/14
5/14
2nd won
9/22
9/22
179
179
Fastest serve
170
170
150
150
AVG 1st Serve
151
151
116
116
AVG 2nd Serve
129
129
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
0/4
0/4
67%
67%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Darya scored 68 points vs. the Pole’s 48.

Kasatkina

Kasatkina served very well to win 85% of the points (34/40) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 36% points (5/14) on her second serve. The Russian was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6).

Linette

On the other side, Magda wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kasatkina and Linette is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Daria Kasatkina vs. Iga Swiatek – stats

Kasatkina will come up against Swiatek in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Daria Kasatkina and Iga Swiatek play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kasatkina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kasatkina won 4-6 6-0 6-1 in the 2nd round in Eastbourne back in 2021.

Daria Kasatkina Draw info

Live score progression and stats

The Russian in this set was too good for Linette and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Magda in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Linette was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Darya converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Magda was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 56 points. Kasatkina was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Magda (33-23). Darya surrendered 9 points on serve (21-9). On the losing side, Linette conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).

Kasatkina won the set after she broke Magda in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

They contested 61 points. Kasatkina was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Linette (34-27). The Russian surrendered 8 points on serve (17-8). on the other side of the court, Magda conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).

 

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