Kasatkina tops Mertens to reach 2nd round in Montreal
The 10th seed will face the winner of the match between Russian Anna Blinkova and Chinese Shuai Zhang in the next round
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Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 10 seed, reached the second round of the Canadian Open by winning against Belgian Elise Mertens 6-4, 6-2 at Stade IGA in Montreal on Tuesday.
Kasatkina, ranked No 14, will face the winner of the match between Russian Anna Blinkova and Chinese Shuai Zhang next.
Great start on Day 2 of play for Daria Kasatkina as she seals a 6-4, 6-2 win over Elise Mertens in her @OBNmontreal opener!
— WTARussians (@WTArussians) August 8, 2023
Won 9 consecutive games from 2-4 down and didn't drop a game today until she led 5-0 in the second set. Solid stuff from Dasha who is picking up some form! pic.twitter.com/4f0Rw7Ya6e
Montreal WTA 1000, other first-round matches (Stade IGA, hard, USD 2,788,468):
- Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Katerina Siniakova: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Danielle Collins (Q) beat Elina Svitolina: 6-2, 6-2
- Alycia Parks (Q) beat Lauren Davis: 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
- Katie Boulter (Q) beat Rebecca Marino (WC): 6-3, 6-1
- Sloane Stephens beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Jennifer Brady beat Jelena Ostapenko: 7-6 (7), 0-6, 7-6 (8)
- Madison Keys (13) beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-2, 7-5
- Belinda Bencic (12) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-2, 6-3
- Sorana Cirstea beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Victoria Azarenka (16) beat Magda Linette: 6-3, 6-0
- Marie Bouzkova beat Kayla Day (Q): 7-6 (1), 6-3
- Jasmine Paolini beat Donna Vekic: 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Karolina Pliskova beat Lin Zhu: 6-3, 6-7 (8), 6-2
- Camila Giorgi vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Mayar Sherif
- Petra Martic vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Anna Blinkova vs. Shuai Zhang
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Magdalena Frech
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Peyton Stearns
- Bernarda Pera vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Karolina Muchova
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Kimberly Birrell
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