One month after losing to the same opponent in Brisbane, Kasatkina got her revenge with a devasting display to record the second 6-0 6-0 win of her career after beating Brit Lily Miyazaki by the same scoreline at Wimbledon last summer.
Daria Kasatkina dished out a double bagel 6-0 6-0 to Polina Kudermetova in just 42 minutes at the WTA 1000 in Doha – one of the quickest WTA matches ever!
Kasatkina wins one of quickest WTA matches in just … 42 minutes
Kasatkina became the first player to win a main draw match at the Qatar Open 6-0 6-0 since Donna Vekic in 2016.
At last year’s French Open, Iga Swiatek swept into quarter-finals in just 40 minutes after crushing Anastasia Potapova 6-0 6-0.
The fastest ever women’s tennis match in the Open Era was the 1988 French Open final between Steffi Graf and Natasha Zvereva, which lasted 34 minutes.
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Suzanne Lenglen holds the all-time ‘official’ record, beating Molla Mallory in 23 minutes in the 1922 Wimbledon final.
Delray Beach Open (ATP 250) – 10-16 February
Qatar TotalEnergies Open (WTA 1000) – 9-15 February
Open 13 Provence (ATP 250) – 10-16 February
IEB+ Argentina Open (ATP 250) – 10-16 February
Qatar ExxonMobil Open (ATP 500) – 17-22 February
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships (WTA 1000) – 16-22 February
ATX Open (WTA 250) – February 24-March 2
Rio Open (ATP 500) – 17-22 February
“I remember exactly what happened a month ago,” said Kasatkina, who won the opening set in 19 minutes.
Merida Open Akron (WTA 500) – February 24-March 2
Second seed Iga Swiatek cruised into the last 16 with a 6-3 6-2 victory against Maria Sakkari.
“I was trying to be really focused because as soon as you lose your focus the match can change completely in the blink of an eye. Plus the conditions are really tricky here, it’s really windy, so it’s tough but this is what we have to deal with.”
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Swiatek is looking to become only the second woman this century to win the same tournament four consecutive times, after Caroline Wozniacki in New Haven, from 2008-2011.
“Every year it’s different, every year there is a different story, so it’s hard to compare and hard to find one thing that worked exactly.”
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