WTA Adelaide: Kasatkina sets up all-Russian clash against Kalinskaya in second round
The world No 15 defeated Claire Liu 6-4, 6-3 in Adelaide on Tuesday
Daria Kasatkina, (Zuma/Panoramic)
Russian Daria Kasatkina won against American qualifier Claire Liu 6-4, 6-3 to reach the second round of the Adelaide Open at the Memorial Drive Tennis Park on Tuesday.
Kasatkina, ranked No 15, will face qualifier Anna Kalinskaya, also from Russia, next.
Adelaide WTA 500, other first-round matches (Memorial Drive Tennis Park, hard, USD 922,573):
- Katerina Siniakova (Q) beat Karolina Pliskova (WC): 6-2, 6-1
- Caroline Garcia beat Taylah Preston (WC): 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
- Veronika Kudermetova (8) beat Ashlyn Krueger (LL): 6-2, 7-5
- Jelena Ostapenko (6) beat Sorana Cirstea: 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Laura Siegemund beat Liudmila Samsonova (7): 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-4
- Bernarda Pera (LL) beat Paula Badosa (WC): 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Ana Bogdan (LL) beat Katie Boulter (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Barbora Krejcikova (4): 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
- Cristina Bucsa (LL) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-3, 6-3
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Q) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (5): 6-3, 6-4
- Marta Kostyuk beat Anhelina Kalinina: 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Taylor Townsend vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Magda Linette vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
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