Tennis
Kasatkina beat Lynette and reached the semi-finals of the WTA Elite Trophy tennis tournament in Zhuhai
Daria Kasatkina / Photo: © Fred Lee / Stringer / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina defeated Poland’s Magda Linette in the group stage match of the WTA Elite Trophy tournament in Zhuhai, China.
The meeting of the Azalea group ended with a score of 6:3, 6:4 in favor of the Russian. The tennis players spent 2 hours and 9 minutes on the court.
For Kasatkina, this victory was the second in the tournament; earlier she was stronger than the Czech Barbora Krejcikova, who was seeded number one in the tournament. The Russian woman became the winner of her group and reached the semi-finals of the tournament; her opponent will be determined later.
WTA Elite Trophy. Zhuhai (China). Hard. Total prize fund: more than $2.4 million
Group stage. Group “Azalea”
Daria Kasatkina (Russia, 6) – Magda Linette (Poland, 11) – 6:3, 6:4
Source: Sportbox
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