Staunch Darya Kasatkina outlasts Pegula in the semifinal to clash vs Rose Collins. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – CHARLESTON RESULTS

Daria Kasatkina survives Jessica Pegula 6-4 4-6 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Charleston on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Kasatkina will square off with Danielle Rose Collins in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 47 minutes. The Russian won this tournament once in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kasatkina added to her prize money $ 43,379 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 87,665 after this win. If she wins the next match, Darya will add $ 54,335 to her earnings to get in total $ 142,000 in total.

Highlights Daria Kasatkina vs. Jessica Pegula Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston

Kasatkina’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kasatkina won this contest even if she scored less points than Jessica (112 vs. 116).

Kasatkina

Darya didn’t lose the focus when converting 62% of the break points that she conquered (8/13).

Pegula

On the other side, Pegula was pretty effective at converting 73% of the break points that she procured points (8/11). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Kasatkina and Pegula is 1-2 for Jessica.

Draw and next match H2H: Daria Kasatkina vs. Danielle Rose Collins – stats

Kasatkina will play Rose Collins in the final.

This will be the 4^th time that Daria Kasatkina and Danielle Rose Collins clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kasatkina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Rose Collins won 6-3 6-7¹⁰ 6-1 in the final in San Jose back in 2021.

Live score progression and stats

Kasatkina came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Kasatkina to win the set since Jessica managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 6^th (4-2) game. Kasatkina maintained her cool to break Jessica in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Pegula was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4.

The Russian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 5^th (2-2 30-40), the 6^th (2-4 30-40) and the 9^th game (4-4 15-40). Also, on the other side, Jessica converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 2^nd (0-1 0-40), the 6^th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10^th game (4-5 40-A).

They contested 74 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kasatkina won just 2 more points than Jessica (38-36). The Russian dropped 15 points on serve (16-15). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 22 points on serve (21-22).

Jessica won the set after she broke the Russian 4 times in the 4^th (3-1), in the 6^th (4-2), in the 8^th (5-3) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. The Russian tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. Yet, Pegula refused to give way to conquer the set 6-4.

Pegula failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.

Pegula was flawless in converting all her break points in the 4^th

(2-1 0-40), the 6^th (3-2 15-40), the 8^th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Russian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 5^th (1-3 15-40), the 6^th (2-4 30-40) and the 9^th game (3-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 74 points. The American conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Kasatkina (41-33). The American lost 22 points on serve (21-22). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 20 points on serve (11-20).

Kasatkina conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Kasatkina found the way to come back to break Pegula in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 7^th (4-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

Tiebreak

Darya won 3 minibreaks in the 7^th (4-3), 8^th (5-3) and 12^th (7-5) point. On the other side, Jessica won 2 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0) and 9^th (4-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

Kasatkina converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-2 30-40), the 5^th (2-2 40-A) and the 7^th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Pegula was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 40-A) and the 8^th game (3-4 15-40).

They played 80 points. This set was so close that, Kasatkina won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Darya dropped 18 points on serve (22-18). on the other side of the net, Jessica conceded 18 points on serve (22-18).

Tennis Scores in Charleston

• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 4-6 7-6⁵)
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-3 6-3)
• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Yunseong ChungChung (7-5 6-3)
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Joris De LooreDe Loore (6-1 6-3)

Upcoming matches

• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (2-1) – H2H details and stats