Kasatkina defeated Niemeyer and advanced to the second round of Roland Garros – Kommersant
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Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina beat Germany’s Jule Niemeyer in the first round of Roland Garros. The match ended with the score 6:3, 6:4, it lasted 1 hour 34 minutes. Russian woman in the second round will play with the winner of the match between Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) and Alicia Parks (USA).
26-year-old Kasatkina is the first racket of Russia and the ninth racket of the world. She has six victories in WTA tournaments, the owner of the Billie Jean King Cup. She reached the semi-finals of Roland Garros last season. 23-year-old Niemeyer is ranked 76th in the ranking of tennis players. She has not won a WTA tournament.
Roland Garros is the second Grand Slam of the season. Carried out on the ground. The prize fund is €49.6 million. Russia’s Kamilla Rakhimova, Anastasia Potapova and Lyudmila Samsonova also advanced to the second round. The current winner is the first racket Iga Swiatek from Poland.
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