
Sonay Kartal stuns Daria Kasatkina 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in London on Monday. Kartal will face Amanda Anisimova in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes.
Sonay added to her prize money $ 5,855 after winning this match. She has already won $ 20,875 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sonay will add $ 17,265 to her earnings to get in total $ 38,140 in total.
Highlights Sonay Kartal vs. Daria Kasatkina LTA London Championships – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sonay scored 96 points vs. Darya’s 83.
Kartal
The Brit was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8).
Kasatkina
On the other side, the Australian was struggling when converting her break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Kartal and Kasatkina is 1-0 for Sonay.
Draw and next match H2H: Sonay Kartal vs. Amanda Anisimova – stats
Kartal will come up against Anisimova in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Sonay Kartal and Amanda Anisimova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Kartal started the set in the best possible way after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. The Brit improved her lead after breaking Kasatkina in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
A crucial moment of this set was when Sonay won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Brit converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).
They contested 55 points. Kartal conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Kasatkina (33-22). The Brit lost 9 points on serve (20-9). In addition, on the other side, Darya conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Kasatkina grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Kartal was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Australian was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, Kartal wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).
They played 59 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Australian won just 3 more points than Kartal (31-28). The Australian dropped 10 points on serve (20-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Sonay conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
Sonay won the set after she broke Kasatkina in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Darya tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Anyhow, Sonay refused to give way to win the set 6-3.
The Brit converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Australian converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 65 points. Kartal was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Darya (35-30). Sonay dropped 16 points on serve (21-16). In addition, on the other side, Kasatkina conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
Tennis Scores in London
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (4-6 6-3 6-4)
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Petra KvitovaKvitova (2-6 6-4 6-4)
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (7-64 6-2)
- Sonay KartalKartal – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-1 3-6 6-3)
- Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova – Donna VekicVekic (6-3 6-3)
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