Andreescu gets emotional after beating Kasatkina in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – TORONTO RESULTS

NATIONAL BANK OPEN - TORONTO DRAW AND RESULTS. Andreescu stuns Kasatkina to take on Alize Cornet in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Bianca Andreescu In Tears

Bianca Vanessa Andreescu shocks Daria Kasatkina 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 1st round in Toronto on Tuesday. The Canadian sensation has been struggling for a long time with all sorts of issues and she had some problems during her match against the Russian player. After the match, she appeared completely emotional, shedding some tears.

Bianca also took on social media to explain that she was not faking injury or sickness during the contest.

Andreescu will play Alize Cornet in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes. Bianca won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Andreescu
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Andreescu's Record

Highlights Bianca Vanessa Andreescu vs. Daria Kasatkina National Bank Open – Toronto

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Andreescu
Kasatkina
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu
7-65 6-4
2h:29
Daria Kasatkina
89
89
Total points
85
85
26
26
Winners
30
30
29%
29%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
7
7
57%
57%
1st in
66%
66%
50%
50%
1st won
55%
55%
26/52
26/52
1st won
30/55
30/55
44%
44%
2nd won
25%
25%
17/39
17/39
2nd won
7/28
7/28
-- Break Points --
8/14
8/14
Total
7/16
7/16
57%
57%
Won
44%
44%
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At the end of the match, Bianca scored 89 points vs. Kasatkina’s 85.

Andreescu

Andreescu was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that she procured (8/14).

Kasatkina

On the other side, the Russian was battling in converting her break points (only 44% – 7/16). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Andreescu and Kasatkina is 3-0 for Bianca.

Draw and next match H2H: Bianca Vanessa Andreescu vs. Alize Cornet – stats

Andreescu will take on Cornet in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Bianca Vanessa Andreescu and Alize Cornet play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Cornet (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Cornet won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in London back in 2021.

Bianca Vanessa Andreescu Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Bianca won the set after recovering 4 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping her serve 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game, Bianca broke back 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-5.

Andreescu failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.

Tiebreak

The Canadian won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 8th (4-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Darya won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 6th (4-2) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

Andreescu was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Bianca to win the set as Darya succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Bianca maintained her focus to break the Russian in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game.

Bianca failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.

The Canadian converted 50% of her break points (4/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 5th (2-3 30-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Kasatkina converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).

They contested 72 points. The Canadian conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Kasatkina (39-33). Bianca surrendered 18 points on serve (18-18). In addition, on the other side, Kasatkina conceded 21 points on serve (15-21).

 

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