Athletistic / Tennis. In the match of the second round of the WTA tournament in Berlin in the 500 category, Russian Daria Kasatkina and Belarusian Arina Sabalenka will meet.
SPORT.RU invites you to a live online text broadcast of this meeting:
Tennis. WTA. Berlin. 1/8 final. Kasatkina – Sabalenko. Direct
During the current tennis week, which is already the second within the framework of the grass court season, the girls are organizing a prestigious tournament in the German capital Berlin, called ecotrans Ladies Open. A number of matches did not take place on Wednesday due to rain. Among them is the second round meeting between Daria Kasatkina and Arina Sabalenka. This match is therefore scheduled on the calendar for Thursday June 20 in the evening.
Arina Sabalenka was seeded number two in the tournament, so the Belarusian missed the first round. On the Russian side, Daria Kasatkina started in Berlin with a difficult fight. Our tennis player won a strong-willed victory against Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in three sets – 4:6, 7:6, 6:3. Recall that Daria currently occupies the 14th position in the WTA rankings, but does not have a seed for the tournament.
As for the rivalry between Sabalenka and Kasatkina, which began in 2019, the Belarusian tennis player has a notable advantage. Arina defeated Daria six times and lost only twice. Interestingly, the tennis players never played together on grass. Six fights took place on hard court and two on clay. Over the past year, Kasatkina and Sabalenka have faced each other three times. In all cases, Arina showed herself stronger with a score of 2:0, including at the tournament in Brisbane in January this year (6:1, 6:4). Kasatkina’s last success dates back to 2022, when at a tournament in San Jose, Daria defeated her opponent in the quarterfinals – 4:6, 7:5, 6:0. The rivals met four times in the second round – three victories for Sabalenka’s side and one for Kasatkina’s side.
Tennis. WTA. Berlin. 1/8 final. Kasatkina – Sabalenko. Direct
Live online streaming of this match will begin at SPORT.RU June 20 no earlier than 18:00 Moscow time
Source: Sport
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