Sloane Stephens stuns Kasatkina in the 2nd round to play vs Kalinskaya at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Stephens upsets Kasatkina to play Anna Kalinskaya in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Sloane Stephens vs. Daria Kasatkina

Sloane Stephens stuns Daria Kasatkina 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Stephens will seek to keep on going in this event against Anna Kalinskaya in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2013. Here you can see her history at this event.

Stephens
Melbourne
Stephens's Record

The American added to her prize money $ 75,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 255,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Stephens will add $ 120,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 375,000 in total.

Highlights Sloane Stephens vs. Daria Kasatkina Australian Open – Melbourne

Stephens’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Stephens
Kasatkina
Sloane Stephens
4-6 6-3 6-3
2h:06
Daria Kasatkina
95
95
Total points
92
92
48
48
Winners
44
44
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
36
36
Unforced
42
42
46%
46%
Ratio Unforced
54%
54%
17/21
17/21
Net Approaches
9/15
9/15
81%
81%
Perc
60%
60%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
76%
76%
1st in
71%
71%
66%
66%
1st won
68%
68%
48/73
48/73
1st won
44/65
44/65
48%
48%
2nd won
42%
42%
11/23
11/23
2nd won
11/26
11/26
169
169
Fastest serve
174
174
151
151
AVG 1st Serve
150
150
124
124
AVG 2nd Serve
128
128
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
Total
2/10
2/10
36%
36%
Won
20%
20%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the American scored 95 points vs. the Russian’s 92.

Stephens

Sloane won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Kasatkina

On the other side, the Russian had some problems converting her break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Stephens and Kasatkina is 4-1 for Sloane.

Draw and next match H2H: Sloane Stephens vs. Anna Kalinskaya – stats

Stephens will come up against Kalinskaya in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Sloane Stephens and Anna Kalinskaya play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Stephens and Kalinskaya (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Stephens won 3-6 7-5 0-0 ret. in the semifinal in Guadalajara back in 2022.

Sloane Stephens Draw info

1st
Stephens
Kasatkina
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
2
4
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Stephens
Kasatkina
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Stephens
Kasatkina
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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