Daria Kasatkina topples Shelby Rogers 6-7(2) 6-1 6-2 in the final in San Jose on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 32 minutes. This is the first time that the Russian conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this event so far was reaching the final. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Daria Kasatkina vs. Shelby Rogers Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic – San Jose
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:32
At the end of the match, Darya scored 105 points vs. Rogers’s 88.
Kasatkina
Kasatkina served very well to win 77% of the points (46/60) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 39% points (14/36) on her second serve. The Russian was effective when converting 55% of the break points that she procured (6/11).
Rogers
On the other side, Rogers was struggling when converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Kasatkina and Rogers is 2-1 for Darya.
This was the 5th career title for the Russian. She won the previous title in St. Petersburg. (see list of titles and finals). This was The American’s 3rd final after she lost in Bad Gastein 2014 and in Rio De Janeiro 2016. (see list of titles and finals)
Darya was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 3 games in the last 2 sets after winning 56 points vs. Vanessa Andreescu’s 33 points.
Live score progression and stats
Rogers won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game, The American broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-3.
Tiebreak
Rogers won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Darya won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (2-6) and 9th (3-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
The American was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Kasatkina was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 100 points. The American won 4 more points than Kasatkina (52-48). The American dropped 25 points on serve (31-25). On the losing side, Kasatkina conceded 21 points on serve (23-21).
The Russian was too strong to drop just 1 game before breaking Shelby 2 times and conquer the set 6-1.
Rogers had to surrender the 6th game (5-1) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve. Rogers was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Kasatkina was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 45 points. Darya was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Rogers (28-17). The Russian lost 8 points on serve (18-8). On the losing side, Rogers conceded 10 points on serve (9-10).
Kasatkina came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Shelby Rogers in the 1st game (1-0). Kasatkina extended her lead after breaking Shelby in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Darya converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 44 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Rogers (28-16). Kasatkina surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the net, Shelby conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
