Veronika Kudermetova entered the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 Mutua Madrid Open by defeating Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(2) in almost three hours of play.
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The day had already offered us a duel between Russians on the Manolo Santana track within the men’s draw, and in this third turn of Stadium 3 of the Caja Mágica facilities it was the turn of Veronika Kudermetova and Daria Kasatkina. Two tennis players who had already met on two occasions, Daria being the one who had prevailed on both. In addition, they already had a precedent on clay at Roland Garros last year.
Kudermetova with better sensations
It was Kudermetova who started this match of the round of 16 much better. An early break supported with her forehand that helped her manage the rhythm and take Kasatkina out of her place at times. Daria was also going to go little by little lending herself to improve her performance and that discipline from the back of the court was matching the appointment. It would be when Veronika served to take the partial when she managed to tie a difference that came from the first game. Even so, the current number 12 in the world was not going to shrink and preventing them from reaching the tie-break he was able to finish the set with the help of the net at 7-5.
Kasatkina keeps up
That improvement on Daria’s court was causing her to dominate in the second set against a Kudermetova who was losing a lot of steam. Lots of unforced errors came in and she had also lost quite a bit of energy. Therefore, in a little less than half an hour, the number eight seed of the Madrid team was able to put the tables in the electronic having forced all the games at the service of her opponent during this round.
An emotional ending
Veronika returned in the third quarter and was once again putting that more offensive rhythm on the third most important track at this Madrid venue. She was placed ahead, being able to guard the difference, but Daria was going to say something else in this match. She placing herself in rocky mode playing with very high balls and with weight making her compatriot desperate. She played them and was increasing her errors. She was not comfortable on the track at that time and from the 4-3 that they were going, Kasatkina stood at 4-5 remaining in the match.
The 12th seed made it 5-5, Daria made it 5-6 right away and the fight began in that game. Doubts on the part of Veronika although she also interspersed it with winners. Daria, with a match ball, had a forehand that went away and the second ball to close that she had hers was saved by her opponent. She managed to get strong out of that situation alive and that was reflected in the tie-break. Number eight was quite affected and Kudermetova added six straight points to take the sudden death and eliminate Kasatkina advancing to the quarterfinals at the WTA Mutua Madrid Open.
2023-05-01 23:20:05
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