Strasbourg Open: Raducanu moves into second round
Emma Raducanu beat Daria Kasatkina 6-1, 6-3 on Monday evening. She’ll face Danielle Collins in the next round
Emma Raducanu, Indian Wells 2024 – © Zuma / Panoramic
Wildcard Emma Raducanu beat Australian Daria Kasatkina, the No 6 seed, 6-1, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Strasbourg Open at the Tennis Club de Strasbourg on Monday evening.
Raducanu, ranked No 43, will play Danielle Collins next.
Strasbourg WTA 500, other first-round results (Tennis Club de Strasbourg, clay, EUR 925.661, most recent results first):
- Anna Blinkova (Q) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 7-5
- Danielle Collins beat Sofia Kenin: 6-1, 1-6, 6-2
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Caroline Dolehide (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
- Xinyu Wang beat Eva Lys (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (9) beat Clara Tauson: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Ashlyn Krueger beat McCartney Kessler (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- Marie Bouzkova (LL) beat Alize Cornet (WC): 6-2, 6-1
- Diane Parry (WC) beat Leylah Fernandez: 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Magda Linette beat Barbora Krejcikova (7): 6-3, 6-3
- Rebecca Sramkova beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-0, 6-4
- Liudmila Samsonova (8) beat Linda Noskova: 6-1, 7-5
