Daria Kasatkina Upsets Top Seed in Zhuhai Event

Daria Kasatkina Upsets Top Seed in Zhuhai Event
Daria Kasatkina hits to Aryna Sabalenka on day eight of the 2023 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on Sept 4, 2023. Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY Sports via Field Level Media
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No. 6 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia upended No. 1 Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic 7–5, 1–6, 6–1 in group play Wednesday at the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai, China.

The two-hour, 10-minute victory was Kasatkina’s opening match in the Azalea Group, one of four three-player groups competing in the round-robin event. Kasatkina can reach the semifinals with a win on Thursday against No. 11 seed Magda Linette of Poland.