Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine) vs. Daria Kasatkina (Russia) – Score prediction (15.10.2019)

Preview and players comparison.

Given how both players’ season has panned out, it would be reasonable to pick Yastremska as the favorite. However, the Ukrainian had just three full days to recover from the Asian exploits and playing a local player with a brilliant tournament track record is not helpful. The odds are fairly evenly distributed.

Dayana Yastremska is coming off a successful as well as exhausting Asian swing. At Wuhan, she entered her maiden Premier quarterfinal and scored her first top 10 win against Karolina Pliskova; in Beijing, she reached the doubles final with Ostapenko; at Tianjin, she posted a quarterfinal finish to Kudermetova. Yastremska has an outside chance for a WTA Elite Trophy qualification, having risen from no. 58 in January to no. 23, en route picking titles at Hua Hin and Strasbourg. On Tuesday, she will bid her 35th match win of the season (34-20), while this week, she defends semifinal points from last year’s Luxembourg.

Daria Kasatkina was finally able to break free of the shackles in Beijing two weeks ago. Entering the Chinese capital with a 9-19 season win-loss, and a four-match losing streak, the Russian entered the quarterfinals with upset wins over Sabalenka and Alexandrova en route — lost to Wozniacki in two close sets. This time last year, Kasatkina won her second career title at Kremlin Cup, surviving qualifier Jabeur in the final, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4. She became the sixth different home favorite to win this two-decade-old event. The 22-year-old has been immensely successful in Moscow; also entered the final in 2017 and semifinal in 2015.

Match Info.

Competition: WTA – SINGLES: Moscow (Russia), hard (indoor) – 1/16-finals.
Start: 15.10.2019, 11:30 UTC.