Madison Keys downs Daria Kasatkina 6-2 7-6(13) in the final in Eastbourne on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. This is the second time that Keys has won the tournament. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Madison added $ 45,989 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 120,150 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Madison Keys vs. Daria Kasatkina Rothesay International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Keys scored 82 points vs. the Russian’s 63.
Keys
The American was pretty effective at converting 57% of the break points that she conquered (4/7).
Kasatkina
On the other side, Kasatkina was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (2/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Keys and Kasatkina is 9-2 for Madison.
This was the 8th career title for Madison. (see list of titles and finals). The Russian remains with 6th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Keys was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The American reinforced her lead after breaking Kasatkina in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Madison failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Madison converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. The American conquered the set after winning 18 more points than Darya (34-16). Madison conceded 7 points on serve (23-7). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
The American won the set after she broke the Russian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Darya tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (5-6) game. Notwithstanding, Madison stayed solid to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 13.
Tiebreak
Madison won 8 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 2nd (2-0), 5th (4-1), 13th (7-6), 18th (9-9), 22nd (11-11), 25th (13-12) and 28th (15-13) point. On the other side, the Russian won 6 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 8th (3-5), 12th (6-6), 16th (8-8), 19th (10-9) and 23rd (12-11) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 9-9, 9-10, 10-10, 10-11, 11-11, 11-12, 12-12, 13-12, 13-13, 14-13, 15-13
Keys converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 12th game (5-6 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Keys saved 4 set points when she was 8-9, 9-10, 10-11 and 11-12 down. Furthermore, on the other side, Kasatkina converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-4 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They contested 95 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Madison won only 1 point more than the Russian (48-47). Keys surrendered 21 points on serve (27-21). on the other side of the net, Darya conceded 21 points on serve (26-21).