Sasnovich beat Kasatkina at the start of the tennis tournament in Singapore

Alexandra Sasnovich (WTA: 130) successfully started the tournament from the WTA 500 category with a prize pool of $1,206,446 in Singapore. In the match of the 1/16 finals, the Belarusian tennis player defeated the representative of Australia Daria Kasatkina (WTA: 84) – 7:5, 6:0, reports sb.by.

For the second racket of our country, the match was the first since August 27, as a result of which before the game was alarming. However, Sasnovich dispelled all fears about her readiness, having scored a confident victory in 1 hour 19 minutes.

In the first game, everything, as they say, was thin, but still the representative of our tennis school made one break more (three against two). And in the second set, Sasnovich, who clearly caught courage, treated her rival to a “barana”.

The next opponent of the Belarusian will be Russian Mirra Andreeva (WTA: 5), who received the first sowing number from the organizers of the tournament.

Amanda Anisimova, Alexandra Eala, Eliza Mertens, Maya Hvalinska, Leyla Fernandez, Maria Sakkari and other famous athletes also came to the competition in Singapore. The tournament began on September 21 and will end on September 27. Matches are held on hardcoat courts.