OREANDA-NEWS  Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina made it to the third round of the tournament in Brisbane, Australia, with a prize fund of more than $ 1.7 million, defeating Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk.

The meeting of the rivals in the second round ended with a score of 6:3, 6:4 in favor of the Russian. The tennis players spent 1 hour and 26 minutes on the court.

Kasatkina (5th seed) will compete with the winner of the match Magda Linette (Poland, 9) - Kristina Bucha (Spain) for reaching the 1/4 finals of the competition.