Tennis
Sobolenko and Kasatkina will play in the third round of the tournament in Cincinnati
Arina Sobolenko / Photo: © Tim Clayton – Corbis / Contributor / Corbis Sport / Gettyimages.com
Belarusian tennis player Arina Sobolenko reached the 1/8 finals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati, USA, where she will meet with Russian Daria Kasatkina.
In the second round, the second racket of the world beat American Ann Lee in three sets with a score of 7:5, 2:6, 6:4. Sobolenko filed right through 4 times, made 4 double faults and converted 4 out of 8 break points.
Kasatkina defeated the American Piton Stearns (6:2, 6:1) in the first round, and knocked out Varvara Gracheva (6:3, 6:1) in the second round, who changed her sports citizenship from Russian to French
The match of the third round with the participation of Sobolenko and Kasatkina will take place on the night of August 17-18, the approximate start time is 00:00 (Moscow time).
Source: Sportbox
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