Brisbane Open: Kasatkina advances to last 16
Daria Kasatkina edged out Peyton Stearns 7-6 (7), 4-6, 7-5 on Wednesday and will face qualifier Polina Kudermetova in the next round
Daria Kasatkina, Eastbourne, 2024 Action Plus / Panoramic
Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 3 seed, edged out American Peyton Stearns 7-6 (7), 4-6, 7-5 to reach the last 16 of the Brisbane Open at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Wednesday.
Kasatkina, ranked No 9, will face qualifier Polina Kudermetova next.
In the previous round of the Brisbane tournament, Stearns, ranked No 47, won against Russian Veronika Kudermetova (6-2, 6-3).
Brisbane WTA 500, other second-round results (Queensland Tennis Centre, hard, USD 1.520.600, most recent results first):
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Maya Joint
- Linda Noskova vs. Anca Todoni
- Yue Yuan vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Suzan Lamens vs. Magdalena Frech
- Anastasia Potapova beat Dayana Yastremska (16): 7-5, 6-4
- Kimberly Birrell (WC) beat Emma Navarro (2): 7-5, 7-5
- Polina Kudermetova beat Liudmila Samsonova (13): 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-2
- Anhelina Kalinina beat Diana Shnaider (5): 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
- Ons Jabeur beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (14): 6-3, 6-2
- Marie Bouzkova beat Jelena Ostapenko (7): 7-6, 6-4
- Mirra Andreeva (8) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 6-4
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Renata Zarazua: 6-4, 6-0
- Ashlyn Krueger beat Anna Kalinskaya (6): 6-3, 6-3
- Elina Avanesyan beat Paula Badosa (4): 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
- Yulia Putintseva (15) beat McCartney Kessler: 6-2, 7-5
