OREANDA-NEWS  Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina won a ticket to the 1/2 finals of the tournament in Eastbourne (Great Britain).

In the quarterfinals Kasatkina met with the Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia. With the score 6:2, 2:1 in favor of the Russian, Garcia refused to continue fighting. As a result, the 11th racket of the world (and the first racket of Russia) Kasatkina reached the semifinals, the fifth racket of the planet Garcia was eliminated from further competition.

In the semifinals of the competition, the representative of Russia will play with the winner of the pair Elena Ostapenko (Latvia, No. 17 of the world ranking) - Camila Giorgi (Italy, 67).

The competition takes place on a grass surface and belongs to the WTA 500 tournaments. The prize fund is 780.637 thousand dollars.