In the second round of the competition, Kasatkina (14th seed) won with a score of 6:3, 6:1 over the 45th racquet in the world, Varvara Gracheva, who changed her Russian nationality to French. The duration of the match was 1 hour and 16 minutes. During the match, Kasatkina laid down an ace twice, double faulted twice and managed to convert four of seven break points. While Gracheva didn’t have a single ace, two double faults and eight unused break points were recorded.
In the next round, Kasatkina will face the winner of the duel between Arina Sobolenko of Belarus (2nd seed) and Ann Lee of the United States, who passed the qualification.
- Tennis player Gracheva spoke about the change of citizenship
<!–
Подпишитесь на Athletistic:
–>
Source: Sport
I’m Rose Brown , a journalist and writer with over 10 years of experience in the news industry. I specialize in covering tennis-related news for Athletistic, a leading sports media website. My writing is highly regarded for its quick turnaround and accuracy, as well as my ability to tell compelling stories about the sport.
