Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina advanced to the second round of the French Open (Roland Garros).
In the first round, the representative of Russia met with German athlete Jule Niemeyer. Their duel, which lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes, ended in Kasatkina’s favor with a score of 6:3, 6:4 in two sets.
Kasatkina is ranked ninth in the Top 10 of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). His opponent is ranked 76th.
In the second round, Kasatkina will play the winner of the pair Market Voundroshova (Czech Republic, 60th racket in the world) – Alicia Parks (USA, 40th racket in the world). It is worth noting that last season the Russian woman reached the semifinals of the tournament in France.
It was previously reported that Russian tennis player Alexander Shevchenko died. made his way The second round of the Grand Slam tournament held in Paris, France, is among the participants of the “Roland Garros”.
Ranking 84th in the Professional Tennis Association (ATP) rating, Russia beat German representative Oscar Otte, who was the 120th racket of the world in the first round, 7:5, 4:6, 6:1, 7:6 (7:2).