Daria Kasatkina and Ekaterina Alexandrova will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Ostrava Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:00 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.71
Daria Kasatkina -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This will be the 4th time that Daria Kasatkina and Ekaterina Alexandrova clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kasatkina (see full H2H stats), but Alexandrova has a winning record of 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Kasatkina won 5-7 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in Berlin back in June 2022.
Daria Kasatkina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-23 | 24-16 | 8-4 | 0-1 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-25 | 19-15 | 12-6 | 2-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-22 | 24-14 | 12-5 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-19 | 19-10 | 5-5 | 7-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-14 | 7-8 | 5-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 11, Darya got to the 2nd round after defeating Emma Raducanu 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Darya had a good straight sets win against Raducanu (7-5 6-4). During the match, Kasatkina scored 68 points vs Raducanu’s 56. Darya was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kasatkina scored just 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Daria Kasatkina was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (25/35) of her 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Kasatkina broke Raducanu 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
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Kasatkina has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (303-164). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Kasatkina has a composed 45-19 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in San Jose where she beat Shelby Rogers in the final 6-7(2) 6-1 6-2 and in Granby where she defeated Daria Saville in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Russian has an overall 38-17 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Ostrava
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-25 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 9-4 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21 (career-high), Ekaterina reached the 2nd round after defeating Victoria Azarenka 6-4 4-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Alexandrova defeated Azarenka (6-4 4-6 6-2). During the match Alexandrova scored 96 points vs Azarenka’s 89. Ekaterina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Alexandrova fired 12 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 52% of her first serves in, winning 73% (32/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (19/41) on the 2nd serve. Alexandrova broke Azarenka 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Hertogenbosch where she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final 7-5 6-0 and in Seoul where she beat Jelena Ostapenko in the final 7-6(4) 6-0.
The Russian has an overall 33-16 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Ostrava
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kasatkina | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 28 |
| Pts | 68-56 | 96-89 |
| Total Points | 124 | 185 |
| Winners | 25 | 32 |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% |
Both Kasatkina and Alexandrova played 1 match. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova surrendered 1 set while Daria Kasatkina hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kasatkina has played 1 set(s) less than Alexandrova (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kasatkina played 6 games less than Alexandrova. The Russian scored 25 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Alexandrova bagged 32 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kasatkina | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 12 |
| 1st in | 35/67 | 44/85 |
| %1st in | 52% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 32/44 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 19/41 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 46% |
Kasatkina made 1 ace . Alexandrova also managed to score 12 aces . Kasatkina won 71% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 73% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kasatkina | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 67% | 46% |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 60% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Kasatkina broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Darya lost her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Alexandrova broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kasatkina | |||
| R1 Raducanu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 68-56 | 68-56 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/67 | 35/67 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 25/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Alexandrova | |||
| R1 Azarenka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 96-89 | 96-89 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 44/85 | 44/85 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/41 | 19/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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