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Daria Kasatkina #19 def. Venus Williams #8

4-6 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 17, 2018*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Daria Kasatkina
Score	4-6 6-4 7-5
Loser	Venus Williams

Stat	Daria Kasatkina	Venus Williams
Aces	1	2
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	73	60
First serve points won %	59	54
Second serve points won %	52	48
Break points saved %	50	63
Break points converted %	37	50
Service points won %	57	51
Return points won %	49	43
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Daria Kasatkina	Venus Williams
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 7, 1997	Jun 17, 1980
Age	20	37
Height	170	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	19	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,300	4,277
Elo (entering)	1,920	1,946
Career W-L	316–224	768–288
Career earnings	$15,053,632	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Daria Kasatkina 1 – 1 Venus Williams

Path

Daria Kasatkina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2018	QF	Angelique Kerber	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2018	R16	Caroline Wozniacki	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2018	R32	Sloane Stephens	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2018	R64	Katerina Siniakova	6-2 5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Daria Kasatkina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2018	F	Naomi Osaka	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2018	QF	Carla Suárez Navarro	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2018	R16	Anastasija Sevastova	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2018	R32	Serena Williams	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2018	R64	Sorana Cirstea	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data