MINSK, 3 February (BelTA) – Belarus' Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine have reached the quarterfinal of the Yarra Valley Classic doubles event in Melbourne, Australia, BelTA has learned.
In the round of Last 16 the Belarusian-Ukranian tandem defeated the Chinese duo of Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan 5-7, 6-4, 10-6. Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Marta Kostyuk will next face another Chinese tandem of Duan Yingying and Zheng Saisai. In the opener Belarus' Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk secured a win over the U.S. duo of Asia Muhammad and Jessica Pegula, 6-2, 3-6, 10-8.
Belarus' world number 78 Egor Gerasimov notched his second win at the 2021 Murray River Open in Melbourne, Australia, seeing off Hungary's world number 55 Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. Egor Gerasimov defeated world number 90 Lloyd Harris of South Africa 6-3, 7-5 at the start of the event.
