Daria Kasatkina topples Madison Keys 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Charleston on Friday. Kasatkina will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Ons Jabeur in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. Kasatkina won this tournament once in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Daria Kasatkina vs. Madison Keys Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:33
At the end of the match, Darya scored 116 points vs. Madison’s 102.
Kasatkina
Darya won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points since she converted only 42% (10/24) of the procured opportunities.
Keys
On the other side, Keys was pretty focused in converting 54% of the break points that she conquered points (7/13). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Kasatkina and Keys is 2-8 for Madison.
Draw and next match H2H: Daria Kasatkina vs. Ons Jabeur – stats
Kasatkina will come up against Jabeur in the semifinal.
This will be the 7th time that Daria Kasatkina and Ons Jabeur square off. The head to head is 4-2 for Jabeur (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Jabeur won 6-4 1-6 7-5 in the semifinal in Rome back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Kasatkina took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Madison Keys in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, that was not enough for Madison to win the set since the Russian managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (3-4), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Keys kept her cool to break Darya in the 6th (4-2), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game before winning the set (7-6).
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 40.
The American was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40), the 7th (4-3 30-40), the 10th (4-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Russian was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (0-2 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 40-A), the 9th (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 112 points. Madison was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Russian (58-54). The American conceded 34 points on serve (34-34). on the other side of the court, Darya conceded 24 points on serve (20-24).
Darya won the set after she broke Keys 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game. However, Darya refused to give way to win the set 6-4.
The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Madison had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Russian converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 8th (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Keys converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (1-3 15-40), the 6th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 71 points. Kasatkina was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the American (39-32). Darya surrendered 19 points on serve (21-19). Regarding the other side of the net, Madison conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).
Darya played much better tennis than Keys and consequently she won 6-2. Keys broke Darya 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game. However, the Russian broke her opponent in the 7th (5-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to win the set (6-2).
Kasatkina failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Darya won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to convert the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.
Darya converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Keys was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They played 35 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Keys (23-12). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (10-4). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 13 points on serve (8-13).
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Belinda BencicBencic – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Madison KeysKeys (6-75 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-3 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-0 4-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Belinda BencicBencic (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Ons JabeurJabeur (2-4) – H2H details and stats
