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Match Details
Fixture: (12) Daria Kasatkina vs Peyton Stearns
Date: August 28, 2024
Tournament: US Open 2024
Round: Second Round (Round of 64)
Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York, USA
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Prize Money: $75,000,000
Live Telecast: USA - ESPN | UK - Sky Sports | Canada - TSN, RDS
Daria Kasatkina vs Peyton Stearns preview
12th seed Daria Kasatkina will square off against Peyton Stearns in the second round of the US Open 2024.
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Kasatkina faced World No. 69 Jaqueline Cristian in her opener here. The Russian outplayed her opponent in the first set with ease and captured five games on the trot to take the set.
Kasatkina led by a break twice in the second set but Cristian managed to even the score on both occasions. The former broke the latter's serve once again in the ninth game to go 5-4 up and served out the match in the following game to register a 6-2, 6-4 win.
Stearns kicked off her campaign here against World No. 85 Lesia Tsurenko. The American was off to a fast start as she clinched the opening set for the loss of only one game.
Stearns fell behind 2-0 in the second set but nabbed the next three games to put herself in the lead. Tsurenko secured another break of serve to make it 3-3, and the two remained steady on serve for a while after that. The American snagged the decisive break in the penultimate game of the set and then served out the set to score a 6-1, 7-5 victory.
Daria Kasatkina vs Peyton Stearns head-to-head
Kasatkina leads Stearns 3-1 in the head-to-head. The American won their most recent encounter at this year's French Open in straight sets.
Daria Kasatkina vs Peyton Stearns odds
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Daria Kasatkina vs Peyton Stearns prediction
Both players won their first-round matches in a similar fashion. They nabbed an easy first set and overcame some resistance in the second set to emerge victorious. Both also reached the fourth round of the US Open last year and will aim to better that result this time.
While Stearns has a losing record against Kasatkina, she has slowly improved in this rivalry. She won a total of only four games across her first two matches against her and then pushed the Russian to three sets at this year's Australian Open. The American finally got the better of her a few months later at the French Open.
Kasatkina will be cautious of facing another American player, as they've given her plenty of grief on hardcourts this summer. All three of her losses on the surface over the past month have been to players from the USA. Her last three defeats have come against Caroline Dolehide, Amanda Anisimova, and Taylor Townsend.
Stearns compiled a 6-4 record in the lead-up to the US Open, while Kasatkina went 1-3. The American could manage to pull off an upset here, especially with the home crowd backing her every step of the way.
Pick: Peyton Stearns to win in three sets.
