Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva upsets Safina Popa in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Begu – IASI RESULTS

UNICREDIT IASI OPEN - IASI DRAW AND RESULTS. Jimenez Kasintseva surprises Safina Popa to fight against Irina-Camelia Begu in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva stuns Giulia Safina Popa 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in Iasi on Tuesday. Jimenez Kasintseva is going to play against Irina-Camelia Begu in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes.

Jimenez Kasintseva
Iasi
Jimenez Kasintseva's Record

Jimenez Kasintseva added to her prize money € 1,039 after winning this match. She has already won € 3,624 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Andorran will add € 2,301 to her earnings to get in total € 5,925 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kasintseva
Popa
Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva
6-2 7-5
1h:33
Giulia Safina Popa
68
68
Total points
54
54
22
22
Winners
24
24
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
7
7
54%
54%
1st in
68%
68%
71%
71%
1st won
55%
55%
22/31
22/31
1st won
24/44
24/44
46%
46%
2nd won
33%
33%
12/26
12/26
2nd won
7/21
7/21
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
Total
3/4
3/4
75%
75%
Won
75%
75%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the Andorran scored 68 points vs. Safina Popa’s 54.

Jimenez Kasintseva

Victoria was pretty effective at converting 75% of the break points that she conquered (6/8).

Safina Popa

On the other side, the Romanian was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that she procured points (3/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Jimenez Kasintseva and Safina Popa is 1-0 for Victoria.

Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Irina-Camelia Begu – stats

Jimenez Kasintseva will come up against Begu in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva and Irina-Camelia Begu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Begu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Begu won 6-76 6-1 7-63 in the 1st round in Parma back in May 2025.

Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva Draw info

1st
Kasintseva
Popa
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Kasintseva
Popa
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Iasi

  • Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu (6-2 6-2)
  • Irene BurilloBurillo – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (5-7 7-5 4-1 ret.)
  • Jaqueline CristianCristian – Daria LodikovaLodikova (6-1 6-4)
  • Francesca JonesJones – Alicia Herrero LinanaHerrero Linana (6-3 6-2)
  • Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Andreea PrisacariuPrisacariu (6-3 6-3)
  • Panna UdvardyUdvardy – Margaux RouvroyRouvroy (6-3 2-6 7-5)
  • Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (2-6 6-2 6-2)
  • Victoria Jimenez KasintsevaJimenez Kasintseva – Giulia Safina PopaSafina Popa (6-2 7-5)
  • Anna SiskovaSiskova – Katarzyna KawaKawa (6-4 4-6 7-62)
  • Simona WaltertWaltert – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 6-3)
  • Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Iryna ShymanovichShymanovich (4-6 6-4 6-2)
  • Ann LiLi – Guiomar Zuleta De RealesZuleta De Reales (3-6 6-2 6-2)
  • Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Ana BogdanBogdan (7-5 6-2)
  • Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Miriam Bianca BulgaruBianca Bulgaru (1-6 7-62 6-1)
  • Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Nao HibinoHibino (6-1 6-2)
  • Jana FettFett – Veronika ErjavecErjavec (7-66 6-2)

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