Kasatkina beat world number five Pegula and reached the Charleston Open final
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Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina beat Jessica Pegula from the USA in the 1/2 finals of the Charleston Open. The match ended with the score 6:4, 4:6, 7:6 (7:5), it lasted 2 hours 47 minutes. In the final, the Russian will play with the winner of the match between Maria Sakkari (Greece) and Danielle Collins (USA).
26-year-old Kasatkina is the first racket of Russia and the 11th racket of the world. She has six WTA titles to her name. Winner of the Billie Jean King Cup as part of the Russian team. Kasatkina won the Charleston Open in 2017. 30-year-old Pegula is the fifth racket in the world. She has four WTA titles to her name.
The Charleston Open is a WTA 500 tournament held on clay courts in Charleston (USA, South Carolina). The prize fund is about $1 million. The current winner is Ons Jabeur from Tunisia.
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