The 8th-seeded Daria Kasatkina is out of the Australian Open after losing to her compatriot Varvara Gracheva by 0-2 (1:6, 1:6) in less than 1 hour. Daria Kasatkina won only one game on her own serve and her opponent achieved a total of 6 breaks.
In the next round, Varvara Gracheva will face Lucrezia Stefanini (Italy), who defeated Tatjana Maria (Germany) by 2-1 (3:6, 7:5, 6:4).
The Wimbledon 2022 champion Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) qualified for the third round after defeating Kaja Juvan (Slovenia) by 2-0 (6:2, 6:1), without giving even a breakpoint. In the next round, Elena Rybakina will face the winner between Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) and 13th-seeded Danielle Collins (USA).
The 7th-seeded Cori “Coco” Gauff (USA) also advanced to the third round after defeating the British talent and US Open 2021 champion Emma Raducanu by 2-0 (6:3, 7:6).
In the other matches from the day, Bernarda Pera (USA) defeated Qinwen Zheng (China) by 2-0 (6:4, 6:4), while Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine) won her match versus Olivia Gadecki (Australia) by 2-0 (6:2, 6:1).
