OREANDA-NEWS  The first racket of Russia Daria Kasatkina lost to compatriot Varvara Gracheva in the first round of the Australian Open Tennis Championship (Australian Open), which takes place in Melbourne.

The match ended with the defeat of the eighth number of the ranking of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) with a score of 1:6, 1:6. The duration of the match was 54 minutes. Gracheva is 22 years old. It is located on the 97th line of the WTA rating.

The Russian woman for the first time won over a representative of the top 10. The best result of the 25-year-old Kasatkina at Grand Slam tournaments is reaching the semifinals of Roland Garros in 2022. The Australian Open will end on January 29. The current winner of the tournament is Australian Ashleigh Barty, in March 2022 she announced her retirement.