Emma Raducanu in the first round at 2022 Roland Garros, Paris, France
Emma Raducanu in the first round of 2022 Roland Garros, Paris, France | (Photo by Andy Cheung/Getty Images)

Tennis | WTA Ostrava 2022 | Emma Raducanu faces Daria Kasatkina as she continues to climb back up the rankings

By Ros Satar

  • Emma Raducanu v Daria Kasatkina [5]
  • First Meeting
OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC – Emma Raducanu’s opening opponents get no easier, as she faces Daria Kasatkina, who has been enjoying a resurgence this season.

 

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Emma Raducanu v Daria Kasatkina [5] | H2H & Match Fundamentals

Emma Raducanu v Daria Kasatkina [5] H2H: First Meeting
WTA Ostrava Czech Republic
Hard (O) Prize Money: €6,522
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Tale of the Tape – Key Stats (2022)

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H2H: Emma Raducanu (WR 67) Daria Kasatkina (WR 11)
Tournament Previous Best Debut R16 (2020)
1st Serve Return Points Won % 37.7 42.2
Return Points Won % 46 48.6
Break Point Conversion % 50.5 50.2
Break Points Saved % 56.5 54.2
Total Points Won % 51.3 52

It may well come down to clutch points, with Emma Raducanu leading Daria Kasatkina on both break points saved and converted.

 

Playing Styles & Prediction

Kasatkina has really found her feet again this season and looked in solid form on the US hard courts, but perhaps paid for that with a first-round defeat at the US Open to Britain’s Harriet Dart. In her first match since then, she will face the big hitting of Raducanu, who reached a first semi-final since her win at the US Open last year.

But the ever-present injury niggles reared their head once more, so Raducanu’s fitness will once more be under the microscope, and with a player who can inject such intelligent variety as Kasatkina, it will be a challenge.

Prediction: Kasatkina in three sets.

 

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