Kasatkina’s Paris dream dies along with Aussie hopes

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Kasatkina’s Paris dream dies along with Aussie hopes

Daria Kasatkina’s first grand slam dance as an adopted *********** is over, ended at the French Open by her teen phenomenon friend Mirra Andreeva.

Two months since being granted permanent residency, Kasatkina’s hopes of becoming the first *********** woman to reach the quarter-finals since Ash Barty’s winning year of 2019 finally unravelled 6-3 7-5 at the hands of her 18-year-old fellow Russian-born buddy.

The only other time the pair had played, in the final of last October’s Ningbo Open in China, Andreeva had ended in tears and needed to be comforted by Kasatkina after blowing a 3-0 lead in the final set.

This time, though, the French-based teen who’s rocketed to No.6 in the world didn’t let Kasatkina, 10 years her senior, off the hook on Court Suzanne Lenglen despite another nervy blip.

Kasatkina had a set point to level the match after rallying in gritty fashion but the world No.6 Andreeva stormed back to seal a straight-sets win after a compelling 94-minute duel.

Defeat for Kasatkina meant the end of the green-and-gold challenge in the singles at Roland Garros, but she could pride herself on having been the last Aussie standing among the 16 starters in the draw.

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