Paula Badosa def. Daria Kasatkina 6-1, 6-4 — US Open 2026 R128

Match recap

Paula Badosa defeated Daria Kasatkina 6-1, 6-4 in the R128 of the US Open 2026.

Eight return games, none won: Kasatkina went 0 for 5 on break points and never took a game off the Badosa serve, which held all eight times. The rankings framed this as an upset; the market did not, with 10Bet listing the 83rd-ranked Badosa at 53 percent. Badosa broke for 4-3 in the second and never handed it back, winning 67 percent of her second-serve points to Kasatkina's 39, while the fallen favorite — 4-8 on hard this season — saved three match points across five hours and 13 minutes. It is Badosa's first match since July's Hamburg quarterfinal, and it squares a series Kasatkina had led 2-1 on record.

Match stats

Daria Kasatkina: 1 ace, 14 winners, 69% first serves, 5 double faults, 0/7 break points. Paula Badosa: 3 aces, 21 winners, 66% first serves, 5 double faults, 3/10 break points.

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Head-to-head

Daria Kasatkina and Paula Badosa have met 4 times, splitting the head-to-head 2–2.

• French Open 2025 R32 — Daria Kasatkina won 6-1, 7-5
• Wimbledon 2024 R32 — Paula Badosa won 7(8)-6(6), 4-6, 6-4
• Ningbo Open 2024 Semifinal — Daria Kasatkina won 6-4 (ret.)

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