Daria Kasatkina (the third favorite) left the WTA 500 tournament in Adelaide early, the Russian was defeated by Linda Noskova, an athlete not included in the world TOP-100.

Daria Kasatkina and Danielle Collins were eliminated in the first round

Ranked 102nd in the world, the athlete from the Czech Republic unexpectedly defeated a much more experienced opponent with a score of 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-3. The match lasted two hours and 31 minutes.

Things didn’t get any better with the fifth-seeded Adelaide: Danielle Collins lost her match against Olena Rybakina, the current Wimbledon champion.

It was 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 for the players representing Kazakhstan.

The two main favorites of the race from Australia are Ons Jaber (1) and Aryna Sabalenko (2).

In addition to Iryna Begu, there is another representative of Soran Kirstya in the main draw in Adelaide, Romania.

In the first round, our athlete will beat Viktorika Golubich (76 WTA, Switzerland – came from qualification).

If he gets past Golubic, then for Kirstea (45 WTA) a match with Ons Jaber will follow.

Results of the day at WTA Adelaide

Iryna Begu – Shelby Rogers 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-1

Linda Noskova – Daria Kasatkina (3) 3-6, 7-6(2) 6-3

Veronika Kudermetova – Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-0

Marta Kostyuk – Jamie Fourlis 6-1, 3-6, 6-4

Olena Rybakina – Daniel Collins (5) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3

Lyudmila Samsonova – Shuai Zhang 5-7, 6-3, 6-0.

WTA Adelaide 1 is part of the WTA 500 category, the competition is held from January 1 to 8 on hard, its total prize money is $826,837, and the title champion is Karolina Pliskova (in 2020).