Athletistic / Tennis. Russian Daria Kasatkina and American Jessica Pegula will meet in the semi-finals of the WTA tournament in Adelaide
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Tennis. WTA. Adelaide. Semi final. Kasatkina – Pegula. Direct
In Adelaide, Australia, the first women’s 500m of the season is coming to an end. Today at the tournament there will be semi-final matches in which two Russian tennis players will play at the same time. In the second start match, our Ekaterina Alexandrova will face the Latvian Elena Ostapenko. And after them, the Russian Daria Kasatkina and the American Jessica Pegula will occupy the center court.
The Russian started this year as the 15th racket in the world. For Dasha, 26, this is the second tournament this season. Last week, Kasatkina performed in Brisbane, where she lost to Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals (1:6, 4:6). In Adelaide, Daria played only two matches. In the first round, our tennis player won against the American Claire Liu (6:4, 6:3). And in the next round meeting, Kasatkina became the winner of the Russian derby, defeating Anna Kalinskaya in three sets (5:7, 6:4, 7:5). In the quarterfinals, Dasha was supposed to meet Laura Siegemund, but the German withdrew from the fight.
Jessica Pegula started this season as the 5th racket in the world. Additionally, in Adelaide she is seeded number 2. This is the first singles tournament of the year for the 29-year-old American, having competed in the United Cup team competition last week . As a seeded athlete, Pegula missed the first round matches in Adelaide. In the second, Jessica beat her compatriot Bernarda Pera (4:6,6:2, 6:3). A day ago, the American won the quarterfinals against our Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6:7,7:5, 6:4). As we can see, Pegula’s two victories in the tournament were the result of strong will.
In personal meetings between Daria and Jessica, the score is 2:0 in favor of the American. In May 2021, Pegula defeated Kasatkina at a prestigious tournament in Rome (7:5, 6:3), and last season the American was stronger than our tennis player in Tokyo – 6:1, 6:0. Will the Russian manage to turn the tide of matches against Pegula in her favor today?
Tennis. WTA. Adelaide. Semi final. Kasatkina – Pegula. Direct
Live online streaming of this match will begin at SPORT.RU January 12 at 1 p.m.:05 Moscow time
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