Daria Kasatkina survives Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3 4-6 7-6(2) in the semifinal in Abu Dhabi on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Kasatkina will have to play Elena Rybakina in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 59 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Russian added to her prize money $ 36,450 after winning this match. She has already won $ 87,655 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 54,345 to her earnings to get in total $ 142,000 in total.
Highlights Daria Kasatkina vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open – Abu Dhabi
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:59
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 114 points vs. Haddad Maia’s 103.
Kasatkina
Darya won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 44% (7/16) of the procured opportunities.
Haddad Maia
On the other side, the Brazilian was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 43% – 6/14). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Kasatkina and Haddad Maia is 1-2 for Beatriz.
Draw and next match H2H: Daria Kasatkina vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Kasatkina will come up against Rybakina in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Daria Kasatkina and Elena Rybakina face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Kasatkina and Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Rybakina won 5-7 7-5 7-68 in the quarter in Montreal back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Kasatkina had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Beatriz Haddad Maia in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for the Russian to win the set as the Brazilian found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Kasatkina kept her focus to break Beatriz in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Russian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
A defining moment of this set was when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the score from 1-2 to 5-2.
Kasatkina converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). In addition on the other side, Haddad Maia converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They contested 61 points. Darya won 9 more points than the Brazilian (35-26). The Russian surrendered 14 points on serve (17-14). Regarding the other side of the net, the Brazilian conceded 18 points on serve (12-18).
Kasatkina had a favorable start in this set after breaking Beatriz Haddad Maia in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the Brazilian refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Darya in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
A crucial moment of this set was when Beatriz won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the game count from 0-2 to 4-2.
Beatriz was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-2 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Russian was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A and 40-A).
They played 63 points. The Brazilian conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the Russian (34-29). Haddad Maia conceded 17 points on serve (21-17). On the losing side, Kasatkina conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Kasatkina conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Beatriz Haddad Maia in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that was not enough for the Russian to win the set since Haddad Maia found the way to break back in the 5th (3-2) game. The Russian maintained her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 2.
Tiebreak
Darya won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 2nd (2-0), 5th (3-2), 6th (4-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Beatriz won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2) and 4th (2-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Kasatkina converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Beatriz converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40), the 4th (2-2 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 92 points. Darya won 8 points more than Beatriz (50-42). The Russian surrendered 21 points on serve (30-21). In addition, on the other side, Haddad Maia conceded 20 points on serve (21-20).
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-0 4-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-3 4-6 7-62) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-2) – H2H details and stats
