Katerina Siniakova upsets the 2024 runner-up Daria Kasatkina 7-6(2) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Seoul on Thursday. Siniakova is going to play against Suzan Lamens in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes.
Siniakova added to her prize money $ 12,995 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 28,695 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Czech will add $ 30,305 to her earnings to get in total $ 59,000 in total.
Highlights Katerina Siniakova vs. Daria Kasatkina Korea Open – Seoul
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 85 points vs. Kasatkina’s 67.
Siniakova
Siniakova was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (5/10).
Kasatkina
On the other side, Kasatkina had some problems converting her break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Siniakova and Kasatkina is 2-6 for Darya.
Draw and next match H2H: Katerina Siniakova vs. Suzan Lamens – stats
Siniakova will fight against Lamens in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Katerina Siniakova and Suzan Lamens since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Siniakova conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Daria Kasatkina in the 1st game (1-0). However, Katerina refused to bow to come back to break the Australian in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (7-6).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Katerina won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.
Katerina converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Kasatkina converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (1-3 40-A), the 9th (3-5 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A).
They contested 101 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Darya (54-47). The Czech conceded 21 points on serve (32-21). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 22 points on serve (26-22).
The Czech didn’t concede much to Darya and without too much struggle she won 6-2
. Darya broke the Czech 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Katerina broke her opponent in the 4th (2-2) game, but that didn’t stop her to conquer the set (6-2).Darya was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Czech converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Kasatkina converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 51 points. Katerina won 11 points more than the Australian (31-20). The Czech conceded 11 points on serve (16-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Darya conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).
Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Lois BoissonBoisson (4-6 6-2 6-2)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-3 6-2)
- Suzan LamensLamens – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-4 6-4)
- Ella SeidelSeidel – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-74 7-63 7-5)
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (4-6 7-610 6-1)
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (7-62 6-2)
- Clara TausonTauson – Eva LysLys (6-2 7-64)
- Maya JointJoint – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (3-2) – H2H details and stats
- Clara TausonTauson – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Suzan LamensLamens – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – H2H details and stats