ST PETERSBURG: Daria Kasatkina and Margarita Gasparyan advanced to the final of the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Saturday.
Eighth-seeded Kasatkina rallied from a set down for the second time in as many days to upset fourth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova 1-6, 6-0, 6-2.
Gasparyan saved four set points in the second set before beating fellow wild card Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 7-6 (11-9).
It was the first all-Russian semi-finals at a WTA tournament. The 23-year-old Kasatkina is chasing her fourth title. Gasparyan, 26, is going for her third.
Published in Dawn, March 22nd, 2021
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