In her first match, Kasatkina was defeated by the 60th racket in the world, Italian Lucia Bronzetti, with a score of 6:7 (5:7), 6:4, 5:7. The confrontation lasted 2 hours and 47 minutes.
Kasatkina had two aces, committed five double faults and used 5 of 14 break points. Bronzetti had three aces, three double faults and converted 5 out of 17 break points.
It is worth noting that at last year’s tournament in Dubai, Kasatkina also finished her performance in the first round, losing to the future champion, Czech Barbora Krejcikova.
Bronzetti will face another Russian tennis player, Anastasia Potapova, in the next round.
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Source: Sport
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