Russian Daria Kasatkina has dropped out of the first round of the women’s tennis championship in Cincinnati, which takes place on hard courts, with a total prize pool of more than two million 527 thousand dollars.
The Russian, who finished ninth in the tournament, was eliminated by American housewife Amanda Anisimova, losing to her in unanswered straight sets (4-6) and (4-6) in a match that lasted one hour. and 19 minutes.
And Anisimova (20 years old) will fight the winner of the second round of the match, in which Americans Sofia Kenin and Shelby Rogers will meet today.
Kazakhstan’s Yelena Rybakina, who won Wimbledon this year, beat Egypt’s Maiar Sheriff 6-3 6-2 to set up a match with Spain’s Garbine Muguruza.
In other matches, American Alison Riske beat Spaniard Sara Soribes 6-1 7-6, and Czech Petra Kvitova beat Switzerland’s Gil Tehmann 6-7 7-6 6-3.
Source: El Iktisad