Kasatkina made it to the main draw of the tournament in Doha

the Russian tennis player Darya Kasatkina solved the problem on the main stage of the prestigious tournament in Doha. In a decisive duel for a ticket she has achieved victory over Alexandra Sasnovich from Belarus.

Kasatkina, who is now 71 world ranking WTA, beat the rival in the first three sets. After the defeat in the first set (5:7), Kasatkin took both later with the score 6:1, 6:1 and became the winner. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes.

Darya Opponent in the first round of the main draw will be known later. Note that in addition to Kasatkina in the tournament also involved Russians Vera Zvonareva, Veronica Kudermetova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Ekaterina Alexandrova.

Main phase of the tournament will begin on February 23.