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Caption: Russia's Daria Kasatkina makes a forehand return to Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.

Russia's Daria Kasatkina makes a forehand return to Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova during their first round match at the Australian Open Source: AAP Images/AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

Australian Open 22-seed Russian Daria Kasatkina got through to the second round having beaten Anna Schmiedlova of Slovakia 6:0, 6:3 in 1 hour 8 minutes. After the match she said, that is happy with the progress she made from last year.



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