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WTA Cincinnati, USAWomen's Singles · Round of 128 · HardCompleted
2-6, 7-6(4), 6-3Grandstand2h 13m

Keys to Victory

8
Opponent double faults
Kasatkina served 8 double faults to Sönmez's 3.
On-air one-liner
Sönmez outlasted Kasatkina in a tight Cincinnati opener, taking the second set tiebreak and capitalizing on Kasatkina's serve troubles to advance 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-3.
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Game flow

KasatkinaSönmez break of serve
Set 129 min
1-02-02-13-14-15-15-26-2
6-2
Kasatkina6153040
Sönmez2000
Kasatkina515151515
Sönmez20153040
Kasatkina5015303040
Sönmez11515153030
Break
Kasatkina415304040
Sönmez100015
Kasatkina31515153040
Sönmez1015303030
Kasatkina21515151530
Sönmez1015304040
Kasatkina2151530404040Ad40Ad
Sönmez001515153040404040
Break
Kasatkina10153040
Sönmez015151515

Kasatkina broke for 1-0 and again for 4-1, clinical in sealing it 6-2, with Sönmez's only resistance a hold for 1-2.

Set 269 min
1-01-11-22-22-33-34-34-45-45-55-66-6TB6-7
64-7
TB
Kasatkina61222333444
Sönmez70012234456
Kasatkina6153040
Sönmez6000
Kasatkina5153030404040Ad4040
Sönmez600151530404040Ad
Break
Kasatkina515151530404040
Sönmez501530303040Ad
Break
Kasatkina5151515303040Ad
Sönmez40153030404040
Break
Kasatkina4000
Sönmez4153040
Break
Kasatkina40015303040Ad
Sönmez315303030404040
Kasatkina3015153040
Sönmez31515303030
Kasatkina2000
Sönmez3153040
Kasatkina201530304040Ad
Sönmez215151530304040
Kasatkina115153030404040
Sönmez201515303040Ad
Break
Kasatkina1015303030
Sönmez11515153040
Break
Kasatkina115153040
Sönmez00151515

Kasatkina and Sönmez traded breaks through the middle, then Sönmez broke for 5-5 and held for 6-5 saving all three break points in a 5 minute game, before Sönmez won the tiebreak.

Set 336 min
1-01-11-21-31-41-52-53-53-6
3-6
Break
Kasatkina31530303030
Sönmez600153040
Break
Kasatkina315153040
Sönmez50151515
Kasatkina20153040
Sönmez515151515
Kasatkina100015
Sönmez515304040
Break
Kasatkina11530303030
Sönmez400153040
Kasatkina1001530404040
Sönmez3153030303040Ad
Break
Kasatkina10151515
Sönmez215153040
Kasatkina100015
Sönmez115304040
Kasatkina10015303040Ad
Sönmez015303030404040

Sönmez broke for 2-1 and again for 4-1, then broke for 6-3 to take the set, with Kasatkina's sole resistance a hold for 2-5.

Match Stats

KasatkinaSönmez
4
Aces
0
11
Double faults
3
66%
1st serve in
55%
58%
1st serve pts won
59%
6/12 (50%)
Break points won
6/7 (86%)
9/15 (60%)
Service games won
8/14 (57%)
6/14 (43%)
Return games won
6/15 (40%)
44/92 (48%)
Return points won
47/98 (48%)
95
Total points won
95
Data note
AI recap generated from set scores + aggregate match statistics.