Elina Svitolina thumps Darya Kasatkina 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in San Jose on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match to deal with Maria Sakkari in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Kasatkina was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Svitolina in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the Ukrainian found the way to come back to break Kasatkina 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Darya was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).
2nd set.
The Ukrainian won the set after she broke Kasatkina in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. That break was crucial for Elina to conquer the set since she didn’t drop her serve in the rest of the set.
Kasatkina was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).
At the end of the match, Svitolina scored 58 points vs. Darya’s 36 points.
Svitolina served exceptionally well to win 87% of the points (20/23) behind her first serve. However she won only 46% points (12/26) on her second serve. Svitolina was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that she conquered (5/7). On the other side, Kasatkina was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 20% of her break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Svitolina and Kasatkina is 5-0 for Elina.
Highlights Elina Svitolina vs. Darya Kasatkina Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic – San Jose
Svitolina’s Interview
After the match, Elina commented, “I think I played quite a solid match for my first match on hardcourts.
We’re back on hardcourts, so I’m excited for all the matches here and overall this part of the season. I just try to fight for every point.
I don’t really think so much about what’s happening on the other side of the net. She’s a very tricky player, she has good hands, and she always puts up a fight. I had to really fight for every point, and in the end I think I was more solid today.”
Next Match: Elina Svitolina vs. Maria Sakkari – H2H and stats
Svitolina will square off with Sakkari in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Elina Svitolina and Maria Sakkari play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Svitolina won 6-3 6-71 6-2 in the 3rd round in London back in July 2019.
