Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina defeated US representative Taylor Townsend at the WTA-500 tournament held in San Jose (USA).
The match ended in two sets with the score of 6:4, 6:0. The duration of the match was 1 hour 9 minutes. The Russian tennis player made three aces, made two double mistakes and flipped five of the nine break points. Townsend never gave full points, made three double mistakes and turned a breaking point out of three.
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In the third round, the Russian athlete will meet the winner of the pair Caroline Doulhide (USA) – Arina Sobolenko (Belarus).
Former Russian tennis player Anna Kalinskaya appeared In the third round of the tournament in Washington (USA) after Simona Halep’s refusal.
Recall that in April the organizers of Wimbledon refused the admission of Russian and Belarusian tennis players to the competition. In addition, players from these countries are banned from participating in turf tournaments in England under the auspices of the LTA.
A month before the start of the tournament, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced that they would not award points to Wimbledon participants due to the non-admission of Russians and Belarusians. The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) also joined them.