Dominant Daria: Kasatkina routs Kerber at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) Daria Kasatkina routed former world No. 1 Angelique Kerber 6-0, 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open.
The 20-year-old Russian needed just 58 minutes on Thursday to brush aside the German. Kasatkina hasn't dropped a set in four matches at Indian Wells, knocking out U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens and world No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki.
Kasatkina will play either No. 8 seed Venus Williams or No. 27 Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain in the semis.
Kerber never managed a break point against Kasatkina's serve. The Russian connected on 82 percent of her first serves, winning 22 of 32 first-serve points.
Besides Stephens and Australian Open winner Wozniacki, Kasatkina has beaten the other current Grand Slam titleholders in the past year: French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko and Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza.
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