Kasatkina crashed out in the 1st round of the grass tournament in Berlin, Aleksandrova and Blinkova advanced to the 2nd round

Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina was defeated in the first round of the WTA 500 grass tournament in Berlin.

The Russian woman, who received the eighth seed, lost in 2 hours and 25 minutes to her compatriot Elina Avanesyan with a score of 2:6, 6:3, 6:7 (7:9). In the third set Kasatkina led 5:2.

In the next round, Avanesyan will meet with another Russian Anna Blinkova, who defeated the German Laura Siegemund – 6:3, 6:7 (3:7), 7:5.

In other matches of the first round, Polina Kudermetova lost to the third racket of the world Elena Rybakina – 4:6, 2:6, Vera Zvonareva lost to the second racket of the world to the Belarusian Arina Sobolenko – 3:6, 2:6, and Ekaterina Aleksandrova beat Lyudmila Samsonova with a score of 6: 4:6:3.

WTA 500. Berlin (Germany). Grass. Prize fund – more than 780 thousand dollars

First round

Elina Avanesyan (Russia) – Daria Kasatkina (Russia, 8) – 6:2, 3:6, 7:6 (9:7);

Anna Blinkova (Russia) – Laura Siegemund (Germany, Q) – 6:3, 6:7 (3:7), 7:5;

Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan, 2) – Polina Kudermetova (Russia) – 6:4, 6:2;

Arina Sobolenko (Belarus, 1) – Vera Zvonareva (Russia, Q) – 6:3, 6:2;

Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) – Lyudmila Samsonova (Russia) – 6:4, 6:3.