Tennis player Kasatkina was eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open-2026

Tennis player Daria Kasatkina was eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open-2026, losing to Czech athlete Nikola Bartunkova. The meeting was held on January 20th.

The match lasted three sets and ended with a score 7:6, 0:6, 6:3 in favor of Bartunkova. The tennis players spent about two hours on the court.

Kasatkina ranks 43rd in the ranking of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). At the same time, her rival Bartunkova held the 126th position.

Russian tennis player Lyudmila Samsonova lost to German athlete Laura Siegemund in the first round of the Australian Open on the same day. The match ended with a score 0:6, 7:5, 6:4 in favor of Sigemund. In the second set, Samsonova led 5-2 and had two matchballs, but was unable to realize her advantage.

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