Daria Kasatkina vs Garbiñe Muguruza: Daria to Even the Score

After defeating Alexandrova, Garbiña will play with another Russian, Daria Kasatkina, the Spaniard is very familiar with. The girls have played five times on the tour. So far, the superiority is on the side of the Spanish representative. However, Daria has an excellent opportunity to restore the status quo.

Daria has already played six matches in two tournaments in 2022: five wins and a loss to Anisimova in Melbourne. Kasatkina has two victories in two sets in Sydney over Kenin and Mertens. As expected, Kasatkina played very confidently against the Belgian, and she defeated Elise 6:3, 6:4 in 1 hour and 12 minutes. With Muguruza, it will not be so easy if the Spaniard is seriously thinking about a trophy in Sydney, which I'm not sure. We'll see.

Spaniard winning streak has lasted five matches. It began back at the Finals and continued on January 12 to victory over Alexandrova. The tennis player did not show anything supernatural in that match but won two sets. Alexandrova gave up the first game without a fight: poor serves, terrible reception, although note the quality of Muguruza's ball inbound. The second set was equal, and the Spaniard won it on the tie-break. Why did Alexandrova not play the first game like that? It is difficult to answer, but overall, in the second game, Ekaterina showed that the winner of the final tournament was not as intimidating as it might seem.

Kasatkina and Muguruza met five times: 3:2 in favour of the Spaniard and 2:1 on hard clay. In Australia, they met in Brisbane in January 2017, and Garbiñe won that match too. The Spaniard has the best chances to win. However, we should not forget that Russian has the best playing practice in 2022. The experience of victories over Garbiña is not an empty boast. There is a feeling that Daria has caught confidence again. Only the defeat from Anisimova is a dark spot on her statistics. Let's take the side of the outsider. Kasatkina will equal the score in the personal confrontation with the formidable Spaniard.