Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina has a German rival Julie Niemeyer in the first round of Roland-Garros, he came to prominence in Thursday’s draw.
Kasatkina received the ninth seed from the organizers.
Another representative from Russia, Veronika Kudermetova, seeded number 11, will meet Anna-Karolina Shmidlova from Slovakia, Lyudmila Samsonova (15) – with Katie Volynets from the USA, Ekaterina Aleksandrova (23) – with Bulgarian Victoria Tomova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – with Czech Linda Frukhvirtova.
Rivals of other Russians in the first round of the tournament:
Anna Blinkova (Russia) — Isaline Bonaventure (Belgium)
Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) — Emma Navarro (USA, joker)
Diana Schneider (Russia) — Rebecca Marino (Canada)
Anastasia Potapova (Russia, 24) — lucky qualifier loser/winner
Kamilla Rakhimova (Russia) — lucky qualifier loser/winner
Varvara Gracheva (Russia) – Dalma Galfi (Hungary).
Roland Garros 2023 will be held in Paris from May 22 to June 11. Russian and Belarusian tennis players will play in the tournament in a neutral status.
Source : MatchTV
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