Daria Kasatkina and Sonay Kartal will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:30 pm on MOON. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daria Kasatkina who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daria Kasatkina is the pick to win this match.
Daria Kasatkina -> 1.5
Sonay Kartal -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Sonay Kartal

This will be the 2nd time that Daria Kasatkina and Sonay Kartal play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kartal (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kartal won 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in London back in June 2025.

Highlights Sonay Kartal vs Daria Kasatkina – London 09-June-2025

Daria Kasatkina

Daria Kasatkina

19 - 21win/loss

Hard
12-12
I Hard
0-0
Clay
5-5
Grass
2-4
Rank
37
High
8
LLLWWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 19-22 12-13 5-5 0-0 2-4 0-0
2024 40-23 24-16 8-4 0-1 8-2 0-0
2023 39-25 19-15 12-6 2-1 6-3 0-0
2022 41-22 24-14 12-5 1-1 4-2 0-0
2021 38-19 19-10 5-5 7-1 7-3 0-0

Ranked no. 20, the Australian will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Seoul where she lost 7-6(2) 6-2 to Siniakova in the 2nd round on the 18th of September.

The Australian has an aggregate 19-21 win-loss record in 2025, 12-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Darya has an overall 404-238 record. She has a positive 184-134 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2017 and 2019. See her history.

Beijing
Kasatkina's Record

Sonay Kartal

Sonay Kartal

21 - 19win/loss

Hard
9-9
I Hard
1-1
Clay
6-5
Grass
5-4
Rank
71
High
44
LWWWWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-20 12-10 6-5 1-1 5-4 0-0
2024 53-9 30-3 0-0 15-2 8-4 0-0
2023 32-18 7-3 11-6 8-4 6-5 0-0
2022 34-12 10-3 5-1 15-4 4-4 0-0
2021 15-1 5-0 10-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 81, Sonay reached the 2nd round after beating Alycia Parks 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round, Sonay had a good straight sets win against Parks (6-3 6-2). During the match Kartal scored 60 points vs Parks’s 40. Kartal was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Kartal fired 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sonay Kartal was very efficient on serve to win 80% (28/35) of her 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kartal broke Parks 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).

The Brit has a compiled 21-19 win-loss record in 2025, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.

Beijing
Kartal's Record

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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