WTA Adelaide: Kasatkina into quarter-finals, meets Keys next
Daria Kasatkina won against Emerson Jones 7-5, 6-3 on Wednesday. She’ll play American Madison Keys in the next round
Daria Kasatkina in New York (Zuma/Panoramic)
Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 3 seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Adelaide International by beating Australian wildcard Emerson Jones 7-5, 6-3 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Wednesday.
Kasatkina, ranked No 9, will face American Madison Keys next.
The Russian won against Australian wildcard Olivia Gadecki (6-2, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of the Adelaide tournament, Jones, ranked No 371, defeated Chinese qualifier Xinyu Wang (6-4, 6-0).
Adelaide WTA 500, other second-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 1.064.510, most recent results first):
- Yulia Putintseva beat Ons Jabeur (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Madison Keys beat Jelena Ostapenko (8): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Diana Shnaider (6) beat Marketa Vondrousova: 4-6, 1-1 ret.
- Ashlyn Krueger (LL) beat Paula Badosa (5): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova beat Belinda Bencic (Q): 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4
- Jessica Pegula (1) beat Maria Sakkari (LL): 6-4, 6-1
- Emma Navarro (2) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 7-6 (4), 6-4
