Ostrava Open: Kasatkina beats Raducanu, boosts WTA Finals hopes
The Russian sits in sixth place in the WTA Race, on course to qualify for the season-ending eight-woman event
CTK Photobank / Panoramic
Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 5 seed, defeated former US Open champion Emma Raducanu 7-5, 6-4 to move into the second round of the Ostrava Open at the Ostravar Aréna on Tuesday afternoon.
Kasatkina, ranked No 11, will face Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova next.
The victory boosts the Russian’s hopes of qualifying for the season-ending WTA Finals. She currently sits sixth in the WTA Race standings
Ostrava WTA 500, other first-round results (Ostravar Aréna, hard, USD 757.900, most recent results first):
- Karolina Muchova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Shelby Rogers vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Belinda Bencic vs. Eugenie Bouchard
- Alycia Parks vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Jelena Ostapenko (8): 6-2, 6-2
- Catherine McNally (Q) beat Anna Blinkova (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Tereza Martincova (WC) beat Jil Teichmann: 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5)
- Petra Kvitova (WC) beat Bernarda Pera (Q): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
- Elena Rybakina beat Madison Keys: 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
- Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Victoria Azarenka: 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
- Ajla Tomljanovic (Q) beat Shuai Zhang: 6-3, 6-3
People in this post
More tennis news
November 18, 2023
Tennis Majors launches new WhatsApp channel: Join us now!
Now there's a new way to keep updated with tennis news
Carrie Dunn
April 25, 2024
Madrid Masters: Machac reaches second round
Tomas Machac defeated Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 on Thursday and will play...
Tennis Majors
April 25, 2024
Madrid Open: Sakkari beats Vekic to reach third round
The Greeek will face the winner of the match between Belgian Elise Mertens,...
Tennis Majors
April 25, 2024
Madrid Open: Azarenka is first to score 200 wins at WTA 1000 level as she reaches third round
The Belarusian will meet the winner of the match between Spaniard Sara Sorribes...
Haresh Ramchandani
April 25, 2024
Madrid Masters: Cachin makes second round
Pedro Cachin beat Sebastian Ofner 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday. He'll play No 20...
Tennis Majors
Your comments