
Ekaterina Alexandrova overcomes Daria Kasatkina 6-3 7-6(3) in the 3rd round in Madrid on Sunday. Alexandrova will seek to keep on going in this event against Moyuka Uchijima in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.
Ekaterina added to her prize money € 37,520 after winning this match. She has already won € 90,445 after this win. If she wins the next match, Alexandrova will add € 75,225 to her earnings to get in total € 165,670 in total.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Daria Kasatkina Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ekaterina scored 81 points vs. Darya’s 67.
Alexandrova
Alexandrova was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (6/9).
Kasatkina
On the other side, Darya was remarkable in converting all her break points (5/5). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Alexandrova and Kasatkina is 3-3.
Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Moyuka Uchijima – stats
Alexandrova will come up against Uchijima in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Moyuka Uchijima since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Alexandrova overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Ekaterina managed to stage a great comeback to break the Australian 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Darya was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The Russian converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Kasatkina was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 63 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Kasatkina (34-29). Alexandrova surrendered 12 points on serve (14-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Darya conceded 20 points on serve (17-20).
Ekaterina won the set after she broke Darya 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Australian tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game. However, Alexandrova stayed solid to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 3.
Ekaterina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.
Tiebreak
Ekaterina won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (3-0), 8th (5-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Kasatkina won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.
The Russian won the tiebreak 7-3 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Ekaterina converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). On the other side, Darya was flawless in converting all her break points in the 6th (2-3 40-A), the 10th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).
They contested 85 points. Alexandrova was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Australian (47-38). Alexandrova dropped 18 points on serve (23-18). On the other side, Kasatkina conceded 24 points on serve (20-24).
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Upcoming matches
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- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-4) – H2H details and stats
- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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- Madison KeysKeys – Donna VekicVekic (3-1) – H2H details and stats