Daria Kasatkina takes another comfortable victory against the Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko in straight sets (6-4, 6-2) in their duel for the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open. The Russian will face one of her compatriots: Kudermetova or Potapova.
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new presentation of Daria Kasatkina in this Mutua Madrid Open, already looking to get into the best sixteen of the competition. After a great debut against her compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets. On this Sunday, her rival was the aggressive Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenkowho had two games to his credit, first beating the Italian Lucia Bronzetti, and then, with a comeback included, the Swiss Jil Teichmann.
Kasatkina goes ahead in La Caja Mágica
A very changing start to the game, with chances of a break for both from early on. Kasatkina managed to have better feelings than the rest. This allowed him to make the first break in the fourth game, leaving 3-1 up, but immediately Tsurenko managed to be very offensive, to recover immediately. The same sequence would occur later, and the Russian could not take advantage of taking advantage on the scoreboard, twice. The tension was on the Ukrainian, who had to hold her serve to tie. In a game that came calmly with a 40-15, some unforced errors appeared, and Kasatkina stamped the defining 6-4 in the set.
Again similarities at the beginning of the second sleeve. Kasatkina started the break up, but her opponent immediately recovered the break, showing that she would continue fighting. However, the Russian was going to find another break, then holding her serve to settle the difference on the scoreboard and now she was on her way to victory. The story was written, it only seemed a matter of time. With Tsurenko serving, another new break would come for sign a bulky 6-2 final in favor of the Russian, who advances in the Madrid box.
2023-04-30 17:16:33
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