Saturday, 3 February 2018

Wozniacki shocked by Kasatkina

In just her second match since claiming the Australian Open, Caroline Wozniacki (1) has suffered a defeat to Daria Kasatkina in the quarter finals in St Petersburg.

In the opening set, Wozniacki won only 51% of points on her serve, whereas Kasatkina won 70% on hers.

The Russian won 42 points and the top seed 30 in the set.

However, despite the differential in these figures, both players achieved two service breaks and a tie break occurred.

Kasatkina dominated, winning the tie break 7-2 and deservedly the set 7-6(2).

Set two once again saw Wozniacki struggle, winning only half the points on her first serve.

Again her serve was broken twice, from three opportunities, and Kasatkina was broken once from two chances.

Daria shocked the top seed 7-6(2) 6-3 and earned a semi final spot.

The other quarter final results:

Kristina Mladenovic (4) defeated Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-3 and will play Daria Kasatkina in the semi finals 

Julia Goerges (5) defeated qualifier Elena Rybakina 6-3 6-3 and will play wildcard Petra Kvitova in the semi finals

Petra Kvitova defeated Jelena Ostapenko (2) 6-0 6-2

Quarter final results in Taipei City:

Yafan Wang defeated wildcard Eugenie Bouchard 6-4 6-0 and will play Timea Babos (4) in the semi finals

Timea Babos (4) defeated Magda Linette (7) 6-1 6-3

Sabine Lisicki defeated Monica Niculescu 4-6 6-4 6-4 after trailing 4-6 0-3, and will play Kateryna Kozlova in the semi finals

Kateryna Kozlova defeated Yulia Putintseva (5) 7-5 6-3

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