Tennis, 07 Jul, 18:30
Kasatkina lost to former world No. 1 at Wimbledon
The first racket of Russia in the match of the third round lost to Victoria Azarenka from Belarus in two sets
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Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina failed to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam tournament of the season.
In the third round, the 26-year-old Russian woman, seeded at the tournament under the 11th number, lost to the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the 20th racket of the world, with a score of 2:6, 4:6.
The next opponent of the 33-year-old Azarenka will be the winner of the pair Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) – Sofia Kenin (USA).
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Kasatkina takes 10th place in the world ranking (the best of the Russians). She has won six WTA tournaments in her career. Her best result at Wimbledon is reaching the quarter-finals in 2018.
Azarenka is a former world number one. At Wimbledon, she twice reached the semi-finals (2011, 2012).
Wimbledon will end on July 15th. The total prize pool of the tournament is £44.7 million.
The match between Svitolina and Kenin will take place later on Friday. The betting company Fonbet accepts bets on the victory of a Ukrainian woman with a coefficient of 2.15, Kenin – 1.70.
Author: Ivan Vitchenko.
2023-07-07 14:52:03
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