The defeat of national tennis player Daria Kasatkina against Belarusian Arina Sabalenka ended the second round match of the WTA 250 tournament in Berlin. This was known on June 20 at the end of the meeting.
The fourteenth racket in the world lost to the third number in the world rankings in two games. The final result is 1:6, 4:6. The duration of the fight was exactly one hour.
Thus, the 26-year-old Minskian reached the quarterfinals of the competition. Her next rival will be another representative of Russia, Anna Kalinskaya, who reached the quarterfinals after the refusal of the Czech Marketa Vondrousova.
The WTA 500 tournament in Berlin will be held on outdoor grass courts from June 17 to 23. The prize fund of the competition is €802,237 (73,368,023.27 rubles). The current champion of the competition is the Czech Petra Kvitova.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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