In the second round of the Masters series tournament held in Miami, Russian tennis player Darya Kasatkina will face Belgian representative Eliza Mertens.
Mertens defeated Alicia Parks of the USA 6:1, 6:4 in the first round.
The duel between Kasatkina and Mertens will be held on March 23, the starting time is still unknown.
Earlier, it was reported that Alexei Selivanenko, Vice-President of the Russian Tennis Federation and member of the ITF board, spoke about the last matches of Russian Daria Kasatkina.
On March 14, Kasatkina lost to compatriot Varvara Gracheva 6:4, 6:4 in the third round match of the tournament at Indian Wells.
At a tournament in Dubai at the end of February, she lost to Czech Barbora Krejcikova and before that to Brazilian Beatrice Haddad-Maya.
In the updated ranking of the Women’s Tennis Association WTA Kasatkina to take in eighth place, he is the best of the Russians. Polish representative Iga Swiatek continues to lead the ranking. Belarus representative Arina Sobolenko takes the second place, while Jessica Pegula closes the top three.