Gasparyan-Kasátkina, Russian duel in the Saint Petersburg final

The Russians Margarita Gasparyan and Daria Kasátkina will fight this Sunday in the final of the Saint Petersburg Tournament, for the first time in their careers.

Gasparyan, 26, defeated in the semifinal of the competition, held this Saturday, his compatriot and once second racket in the world Vera Zvonareva by 6-3 and 7-6 (9) in a game that lasted about two hours. While, Kasátkina, eighth seeded and 61st in the world, did the same with another local player, Svetlana Kuznetsova, whom she beat in three sets 1-6, 6-0 and 6-2 in one hour and 38 minutes.

“Vera showed a fantastic game in the second set, so I am very happy to have been able to win in two sets,” Gasparyan said after the meeting with Zvonareva.

For both tennis players this will be the first time they have played a final of the Saint Petersburg Tournament, which celebrates its sixth edition with the public in the Sibur Arena pavilion until March 21 and distributes in prizes $ 565,530, of which $ 90,000 for the winner.

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