Daria Kasatkina makes a remarkable debut against American Madison Brengle in straight sets (6-2, 6-1) in their duel for the second round of the WTA 500 series in Charleston. The Russian will next time be a competitor of Bucsa or Pera.
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The Charleston Open third seed’s debut moment at the start of the third day of the main draw. Daria Kasatkina he wanted to find his good feelings again, as at the beginning of the year he has barely been able to add back-to-back wins in Adelaide, where he was a finalist. His final result was a knockout in his debut in Miami. by your side, Madison Brenglewho had an irregular gift, wanted to increase the winnings to reach the top 10.
There was a previous confrontation between the two, with Kasatkina leads the record 1-0. The previous crossing happened in the first round of the Tokyo WTA 2017 tournament, when the Russian won in three sets.
Kasatkina with an unbeaten debut
A good start to the match, long games and interesting forehands from behind the court. Kasatkina had the best weapons, but he couldn’t get quality shots in his tracks. This happened when Brengle made several consecutive mistakes and the Russian made the first break of the match, leaving the scoreboard 4-2. From there, everything started to fall apart for the local player, who was already suffering from his passing game. Dasha did not hesitate and won the first set 6-2.
It was all under control for the Russian tennis player, who was now much looser, making her shots run with both forehands and backhands and reducing the number of errors, to take complete control of the match. After two consecutive additional breaks early in the second set, Daria took a 4-0 lead to get the story going. In the end, Kasatkina managed to seal her victory with her third match point, a 6-1 win..
