Daria Kasatkina bests Despina Papamichail 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Tokyo on Thursday. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reach the 2nd round in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.
Darya added to her prize money $ 9,575 after winning this match. She has already won $ 21,075 after this win. If she wins the next match, Kasatkina will add $ 22,248 to her earnings to get in total $ 43,323 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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After this encounter, the head to head between Kasatkina and Papamichail is 1-0 for Darya.
Live score progression and stats
Kasatkina commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Despina Papamichail in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Kasatkina to win the set because Despina managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Russian kept her cool to break Papamichail in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
Darya converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Despina converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 6th (2-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 86 points. Darya conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Papamichail (47-39). The Russian surrendered 19 points on serve (27-19). On the losing side, the Greek conceded 20 points on serve (20-20).
Kasatkina had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Despina Papamichail in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Russian to win the set since Despina managed to break back in the 4th (1-3), in the 6th (2-4) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Darya maintained her focus to break Despina in the 5th (4-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).
The Russian converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Papamichail converted 30% of her break points (3/10). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (0-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (1-4 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 68 points. This set was so close that, The Russian won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Darya conceded 22 points on serve (20-22). on the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
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