Yue Yuan stuns Daria Kasatkina 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Wednesday. Yuan will square off with Cori Gauff in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the qualifications in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Yuan added to her prize money $ 84,000 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 185,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 140,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.
Highlights Yue Yuan vs. Daria Kasatkina BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Yue scored 98 points vs. the Russian’s 96.
Yuan
The Chinese didn’t lose the concentration in converting 53% of the break points that she conquered (8/15).
Kasatkina
On the other side, Darya was struggling when converting her break points (only 44% – 7/16). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Yuan and Kasatkina is 1-0 for Yue.
Draw and next match H2H: Yue Yuan vs. Cori Gauff – stats
Yuan will take on Gauff in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Yue Yuan and Cori Gauff since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Yuan conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Daria Kasatkina in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Darya to win the set since the Chinese succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (3-3) game. Kasatkina kept her focus to break Yuan in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Yue was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Darya was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 2nd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Yue was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 69 points. Darya won 5 more points than the Chinese (37-32). The Russian lost 13 points on serve (18-13). On the other side, Yue conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).
Yuan won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (3-4) game, Yue broke back 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
Yuan failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.
Darya had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Chinese converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Kasatkina converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 0-40).
They contested 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, Yuan won this set even if she scored less points 3 than Darya (36-39). The Chinese conceded 25 points on serve (21-25). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Yue won the set after she broke Darya in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Kasatkina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, the Chinese didn’t blink to win the set 6-3.
Yuan converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, Kasatkina was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 50 points. Yue conquered the set after winning 10 points more than the Russian (30-20). The Chinese conceded 8 points on serve (14-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Kasatkina conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Yue YuanYuan – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Diane ParryParry (6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Elise MertensMertens (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-3 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Angelique KerberKerber (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (7-5 0-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Diane ParryParry – Maria SakkariSakkari () – Stats and score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Cori GauffGauff () – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Caroline WozniackiWozniacki (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (4-0) – H2H details and stats
- Yue YuanYuan – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Emma NavarroNavarro (1-1) – H2H details and stats