
Daria Kasatkina downs Sofia Kenin 3-6 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Saturday. Kasatkina will try to keep the momentum against Liudmila Samsonova in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 24 minutes. Her best result in this tournament was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Kasatkina scored 101 points vs. Sofia’s 99.
Kasatkina
The Russian won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.
Kenin
On the other side, Kenin had some problems converting her break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Kasatkina and Kenin is 3-3.
Draw and next match H2H: Daria Kasatkina vs. Liudmila Samsonova – stats
Kasatkina will square off with Samsonova in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Daria Kasatkina and Liudmila Samsonova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Kasatkina came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Sofia Kenin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Sofia to win the set since the Russian managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.
Certainly, a key moment was when Sofia won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Sofia was flawless in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Kasatkina was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (1-5 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 61 points. Kenin was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the Russian (33-28). Kenin conceded 11 points on serve (19-11). On the other side, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
The Russian 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, The Russian broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Darya failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
Darya was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, Kenin converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 70 points. Kasatkina conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Sofia (39-31). The Russian lost 14 points on serve (23-14). On the other side, Sofia conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
Kasatkina won the set after she broke Kenin in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Kenin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, Kasatkina maintained the focus to win the set 6-4.
Kasatkina converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 8th (5-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the American converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 7th (2-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 69 points. It’s worth to point out that, Kasatkina won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Kenin (34-35). Darya conceded 15 points on serve (20-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Sofia conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
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- Maria SakkariSakkari – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-0 6-3)
- Madison KeysKeys – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-3 6-0)
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-3 7-5)
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Caty McNallyMcNally (7-68 6-4)
- Sonay KartalKartal – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-2 6-1)
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-5 6-2)
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Sofia KeninKenin (3-6 7-5 6-4)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Iva JovicJovic (7-63 1-6 6-3)
- Belinda BencicBencic – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-4 6-73 6-1)
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- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (5-7 7-65 6-3)
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- Donna VekicVekic – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (6-3 6-3)
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