Don't Hurt 'Em, Dasha! Kasatkina lands double bagel at Wimbledon

Let’s give ‘em something to vlog about: how about bagels?

Daria Kasatkina stormed into the third round of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships on Thursday with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Yuriko Lily Miyazaki, double-bageling the British wild card in 50 minutes flat on Court 18.

Coming off a seventh career WTA title last week at the Rothesay International Eastbourne, the No. 14 seed is currently on a seven-match winning streak and is into the third round of the Championships for a second straight year.

Quarterfinalist at Wimbledon back in 2018, Kasatkina was ruthless against Miyazaki, who had thrilled the home crowd by winning her first-ever main-draw match at the All England Club earlier this week against Tamara Korpatsch, defeating Harmony Tan’s former doubles partner, 6-2, 6-1 to match her best Grand Slam result.

On court for less than an hour, Kasatkina lost just three points behind her first serve all match and didn’t face a break point, striking a clean 10 winners to seven unforced errors while an out-of-sorts Miyazaki struck a whopping 31 unforced errors—for reference, a single set is comprised of at least 24 points.

The 6-0, 6-0 scoreline is her first on the tour level, having last secured a double bagel back in 2015, when a then-18-year-old Kasatkina thumped Aminat Kushkhova at a $25K ITF Pro Circuit tournament in Minsk.

Kasatkina has become a fan favorite since launching her *What The Vlog?* YouTube channel, which she co-hosts and edits with girlfriend and fellow Olympic athlete Natalia Zabiiako; the channel currently boasts over 50,000 subscribers and nearly six million video views.

The Wimbledon episode is unlikely to air before Kasatkina’s fortnight concludes, so fans will have to wait for her behind-the-scenes reaction to her Independence Day victory, or her next match against former world No. 2 Paula Badosa.